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SURGICAL ONCOLOGY  Case #1 - A 32 year old with a lesion on her lower...
Image #7 (#7of 14 found) Lentigo maligna melanoma Roll-over to view feature: Lentigo maligna melanoma (clinical)   Lentigo maligna melanoma (histology)   Melanoma cells   Normal epidermis   100X magnification area   100X magnification view   Melanoma cells   Normal epidermis   200X magnification area   200X magnification view   Melanoma cells   Normal cells   Detail: Histology: Groupings or nests of atypical cells in the epidermis with extension into the papillary dermis. Nests coalesce into a sheet of cells that spreads out in a horizontal fashion within the upper levels of the skin. Tumor cells are large with large pleomorphic nuclei and vacuolated cytoplasm. Cells are haphazardly oriented to each other.	S Taylor © UT Southwestern
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