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Case Number : Case 2194 - 6 November 2018 Posted By: Uma Sundram

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21 year old female with scalp lesion.


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Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma v/s inflamed SCC. Metastasis of LELC from other sites is also a possibility. 

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Alex-Ventura-Leon

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Young patient. Difficult lesion (at lest for me). 

It seems epithelial whit connection to Epidermis and some vacuoles in the citoplasm. 

Favor SCC. I wonder if the patient have some underlying genetic alterations. 

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Spitz Nevus ( oriented fascicular pattern and vesicular monomorphic nuclei ).

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Don't really appreciate an epidermal component. So would do S-100 protein to make sure it is indeed a melanocytic lesion. Neurothekeoma sometimes can be mistaken for a melanocytic lesion.

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Krishnakumar subramanian

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difficult for me, nevoid lesions with squamous morphology, but loss of polarity waiting for inputs

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Raul Perret

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I would be very careful with this lesion. As Vincenzo suggested this looks like a spitzoid lesion not overtly malignant, would suggest complete excision and express the uncertainty on the report. Maybe some ancillary techniques could be useful.

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Alex-Ventura-Leon

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After read your comments I think you all right. Melanocityc lesion it would fit more.

Cellular Neurothekeoma it's a great differential. 

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Uma Sundram

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Love your comments. These are always challenging cases. This was S100 and Melan A positive, and cytokeratin negative. We opted for a Spitzoid lesion with atypical features and recommended re excision. Long term outcome is uncertain and the patient will be watched closely.

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Dr. Richard Carr

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Agree with atypical Spitz tumour, uncertain for malignancy. Complete excision with clear margins is recommended (5mm). We'd usually run Ki67, HMB45, MelanA & p16 for STUMP/MELTUMPs. 

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