Malignant melanoma with osteocartilaginous differentiation

• Main Authors: Sundersingh Shirley (Author), Majhi Urmila (Author), Murhekar Kanchan (Author), Krishnamurthy Radha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a case of acral lentiginous melanoma on the plantar aspect of foot in a 50-year-old male that exhibited a prominent osteo-cartilaginous differentiation in the metastatic inguinal lymph node. The ability of melanomas to undergo multidirectional differentiation leads to a variety of histolog...