Primary Dermal Melanoma Latent for More than 10 Years
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Vol. 25 No. 3, 2013 385 Received May 29, 2012, Revised October 15, 2012, Accepted for publication October 20, 2012 Corresponding author: Junko Moriue, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Kitagun Mikicho, 761-0793 Kagawa, Japan. Tel: 81-87-891-2162, Fax: 81-87891-2163, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fig. 1. (A) Brown/red nodule on the sacral region. (B) Primary dermal melanoma composed of a dermal and subcutaneous nodule surrounded by fibrous tissue, with extensive central necrosis and hemorrhaging (H&E, ×10). http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2013.25.3.385
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