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 ==Melanoma==
 {{Main|Malignant melanoma}}
-===General===
 *Known as the great mimicker in pathology; it may look like many things.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Classic appearance of melanoma:
-**Loosely cohesive; mix of small nests of cells, single cells.
-**Usu. mixed of spindle and ovoid cell morphology.
-**+/-Occasional large binucleated cells.
-**+/-Cytoplasm: brown pigment (melanin).
-**+/-Prominent (large) red nucleoli (like in ''serous carcinoma'' of the ovary).
-**Often marked nuclear pleomorphism - variation in cell size, shape & staining (like in ''serous carcinoma'' of the ovary).
-**[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] (like in ''papillary thyroid carcinoma'').
 =Less common malignant=