Primary cutaneous myxoid melanoma: immunohistologic clues to a difficult diagnosis

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994 Feb;30(2 Pt 2):335-9. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(94)70035-4.

Abstract

We describe a 25-year-old man with a primary cutaneous myxoid malignant melanoma and xeroderma pigmentosum. Histologically, the tumor had a lentiginous intraepidermal component and a dermal myxoid nodule containing fusiform cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and nuclear pseudoinclusions. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for S-100 protein in both the epidermis and the dermis and did not stain with HMB-45, AE1-AE3, MNF 116, antiactin, or anti-p53 protein. Although this tumor is rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous myxoid lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cell Nucleus / ultrastructure
  • Cytoplasm / ultrastructure
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epidermis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Inclusion Bodies / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Melanocytes / pathology
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / pathology

Substances

  • S100 Proteins