Difference between revisions of "Malignant melanoma"

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#Architecture:  
#Architecture:  
#*Sheeting - '''diagnostic'''.
#*Sheeting - '''diagnostic'''.
#*Asymmetry:
#*Asymmetry of architecture - as judged from low power magnification.
#**Architectural - as judged from low power magnification.
#**Distribution of pigmentation.
#Lack of maturation - see below.
#Lack of maturation - see below.
#+/-[[Nuclear atypia]] - esp. nucleoli.
#+/-[[Nuclear atypia]] - esp. nucleoli.
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#**Histologic evidence of trauma.
#**Histologic evidence of trauma.
#***Thick dense ''stratum corneum''.  
#***Thick dense ''stratum corneum''.  
#+/-Asymmetry of pigmentation.


Maturation - with depth:
Maturation - with depth:
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*Cells get smaller.
*Cells get smaller.
*Mitoses decrease.
*Mitoses decrease.
*Pigmentation decrease.
*Pigmentation decreases.


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