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Case Number : Case 1917 - 04 Oct - Dr Iskander Chaudhry Posted By: Guest

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85 year old male. Right forearm excision
Multiple moles. Ugly duckling red flat topped "mole". Dotted vessels ?what


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Admin_Dermpath

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Liverpool Update in Dermatopathology

Tues 28th November 2017

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Time: 9:00 am - 5.00 pm CPD: 6.5 points

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  • Arti Bakhsi - Histopathologist, Royal Hospital Liverpool - UK
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  • Robert Phelps - Professor of Dermatologyand Pathology Mount Sinai Medical Center New York - USA
  • Gerald Saldana - ConsultantHistopathologist Leicester Royal Infirmary - UK
  • Alan Evans - Ninewells Hospitaland Medical School Dundee - UK

 

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vincenzo polizzi

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Endocrine Mucin Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma. 

It’s the same case showed in 6 September.  

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Admin_Dermpath

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2 hours ago, vincenzo polizzi said:

Endocrine Mucin Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma. 

It’s the same case showed in 6 September.  

 

This is now corrected and a new case has been added! 

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Dr. Richard Carr

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Dear Iskander & Arti. Looks like I was too late to accept your kind invitation! I was a little distracted with the ISDP meeting in Glasgow. Maybe next year. Good luck with the course. Warm regards, Richard

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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To me, melanoma arising in a nevus. 

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Admin_Dermpath

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From Dr Chaudhry:

Thank you I would like to wait for other comments. I would be interested if you both thought the dermal component was benign or malignant - how compelling is the epidermal component towards melanoma in situ? 

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In situ melanoma, but I´m concerned about the dermal component. Maybe it represents a desmoplastic melanoma. The lymphocytic inflammation is a clue to this diagnosis.

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Nitin Khirwadkar

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Severely dysplastic at-least. Not entirely sure about the dermal component on these images. Can't see mitotic figures. Ki67 and p16.

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M A Rahman

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I agree with Nitin, at least dysplastic nevus and I too have not seen any mitoses. But moderate lymphocytic response with areas of fibrosis in the dermis worries me. ?regression

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vincenzo polizzi

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Although dermal component shows smaller cells then junctional ones, I think this is IV level Melanoma, because my impression is there aren’t two different lesions here.  The spindle cells in dermis have spitzoid features and would like knowing about this same case in a teenager.....?????

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Arti Bakshi

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Difficult one!.... I would probably go for melanoma in situ for the junctional component mainly because the atypia gets diffuse (as opposed to random) and confluent in the 4th image.

Dermal component more tricky. It does appear to mature, but some large cells at the base. Would look carefully for dermal mitoses (including levels) before going for invasive vertical phase melanoma though.

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Admin_Dermpath

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Thanks every one: this case was shown to Dr Alistair Robson and his comments are below:

 

'It is odd, agreed, but I think this is benign. 

 
1. It is symmetrical (in the biological sense).
2. Not only is there no significant pagetoid spread but there is a uniformity to the junctional architecture as you skim over this component at scanning level.
3. Whilst cells do vary, particularly within the junctional portion, there are multinucleate cells (commonly though not, of course, exclusively a benign phenomenon) and there is a spitzoid appearance to many.
4. Atypia is not marked (The (definite) observed variation appears more akin to what I prefer to term anisonucleosis). 
5. There is maturation; indeed, the dermal cells appear bland.
6. The dermal cells sit within the collagen, for the most part, without expansile groups obscuring the dermis.
7. Both junctional and dermal cells vary rather than having the uniformity of a clonal growth pattern (cytological "equivalent" to point "6").
8. No mitoses.
9. I think the dermal element is simply a desmoplastic response.
 
On balance, and I feel reading through the earlier comments on the lesion, the overall impression is that it is an unusual lesion, which naturally worries everyone, but also that there are no hard grounds for malignancy. This, I suggest, is also a good basis for preferring a benign diagnosis whilst acknowledging the unusual nature of the lesion.
 
If desired, FISH will likely be instructive here.'

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Arti Bakshi

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Melanocytic lesions!!....refuse to get easier with time.

A range of diagnosis as usual but have to say Dr Robson's assessment is pretty comprehensive and probably accurate.

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Dr. Richard Carr

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Wow we have some very malignant dermatopathologists on this site. My report is brief. Combined dysplastic (Clark) /desmoplastic Spitz (SPARK naevus). A nice combination that makes it stand out clinically and histologically. It needs removing for a blissful nights sleep but surely not a melanoma?

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