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**[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] (like in ''papillary thyroid carcinoma''). | **[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] (like in ''papillary thyroid carcinoma''). | ||
DDx | Notes: | ||
*Can look almost like anything. | |||
**Like it is said that [[sarcoidosis]] is in every internal medicine DDx... melanoma is every pathologic DDx. | |||
===DDx=== | |||
*Carcinoma. | *Carcinoma. | ||
**Serous carcinoma - both serous carcinoma and melanoma have a large [[nucleolus]]. | **Serous carcinoma - both serous carcinoma and melanoma have a large [[nucleolus]]. | ||
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*Other [[melanocytic lesions]]. | *Other [[melanocytic lesions]]. | ||
===Breslow thickness=== | |||
* | *Depth measured from stratum granulosum to deepest intradermal tumour cell - predictive of survival.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|595}}</ref> | ||
==[[Electron microscopy]]== | ==[[Electron microscopy]]== | ||