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A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis
Malignant melanoma is known to have an altered phenotype and loss of differentiation markers for melanoma due to metastasis. Here, we report a case in which the expression of the immunohistochemical markers for melanoma was changed due to lymph node metastasis of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233321 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21644 |
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author | Kamata, Minori Minamisaka, Takashi Imura, Johji Saitoh, Katsuhiko Shimomura, Akiko Noguchi, Akira |
author_facet | Kamata, Minori Minamisaka, Takashi Imura, Johji Saitoh, Katsuhiko Shimomura, Akiko Noguchi, Akira |
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description | Malignant melanoma is known to have an altered phenotype and loss of differentiation markers for melanoma due to metastasis. Here, we report a case in which the expression of the immunohistochemical markers for melanoma was changed due to lymph node metastasis of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma. The patient, a male in his 60s, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma after undergoing excision of a skin mass. The additional excision specimen showed a small number of tumor cell clusters infiltrating the dermis. The biopsied lymph node showed completely different histological findings from those of the skin lesion and consisted of spindle-shaped tumor cells. An immunohistochemical study revealed no significant positive reactions in the lymph node tissue indicative of melanoma. The additional genetic study revealed BRAF V600e mutations in both the primary tumor and a lymph node. Together with the histological findings, the diagnosis was of metastasis of dedifferentiated melanoma to a lymph node. In summary, there is a risk of underestimation or misdiagnosis of melanoma as undifferentiated sarcoma or other tumors when melanoma metastasizes to lymph nodes and findings show a dedifferentiated or undifferentiated tumor. Therefore, as in this case, it is necessary to add a genetic study in order to make a comprehensive judgment. |
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spelling | pubmed-88812422022-02-28 A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis Kamata, Minori Minamisaka, Takashi Imura, Johji Saitoh, Katsuhiko Shimomura, Akiko Noguchi, Akira Cureus Dermatology Malignant melanoma is known to have an altered phenotype and loss of differentiation markers for melanoma due to metastasis. Here, we report a case in which the expression of the immunohistochemical markers for melanoma was changed due to lymph node metastasis of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma. The patient, a male in his 60s, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma after undergoing excision of a skin mass. The additional excision specimen showed a small number of tumor cell clusters infiltrating the dermis. The biopsied lymph node showed completely different histological findings from those of the skin lesion and consisted of spindle-shaped tumor cells. An immunohistochemical study revealed no significant positive reactions in the lymph node tissue indicative of melanoma. The additional genetic study revealed BRAF V600e mutations in both the primary tumor and a lymph node. Together with the histological findings, the diagnosis was of metastasis of dedifferentiated melanoma to a lymph node. In summary, there is a risk of underestimation or misdiagnosis of melanoma as undifferentiated sarcoma or other tumors when melanoma metastasizes to lymph nodes and findings show a dedifferentiated or undifferentiated tumor. Therefore, as in this case, it is necessary to add a genetic study in order to make a comprehensive judgment. Cureus 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8881242/ /pubmed/35233321 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21644 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kamata et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Kamata, Minori Minamisaka, Takashi Imura, Johji Saitoh, Katsuhiko Shimomura, Akiko Noguchi, Akira A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis |
title | A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis |
title_full | A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis |
title_fullStr | A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis |
title_short | A Case of Dedifferentiated Melanoma With Lymph Node Metastasis Where Molecular Biological Tests Were Useful for Diagnosis |
title_sort | case of dedifferentiated melanoma with lymph node metastasis where molecular biological tests were useful for diagnosis |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233321 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21644 |
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