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SURGICAL ONCOLOGY  Case #1 - A 32 year old with a lesion on her lower...    Go to previous image Go to next image
Image #6 (#6of 14 found)
Nodular melanoma
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Nodular melanoma (clinical)  
Nodular melanoma (histology)  
Melanoma cells  
Normal epidermis  
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Melanoma cells  
Detail:
A large collection of malignant melanocytes extending from the epiderms as a solid mass into the mid and deep dermis. This problem represents "vertical growth" of the tumor. Melanoma cells are large with vacuolated cytoplasm.

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