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Malignant melanoma with a rhabdoid phenotype exhibiting numerous solid tumor masses: a case report.
Oncology reports - 1 Apr 2009
Nakamura Tomoki, Matsumine Akihiko, Kato Hiroaki, Kusuzaki Katsuyuki, Nishimura Keisuke, Murata Tetsuya, Shiraishi Taizo, Oda Yoshinao, Tsuneyoshi Masazumi, Uchida Atsumasa
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We present a case of malignant melanoma with a rhabdoid phenotype in a 44-year-old female with a quite unique and aggressive clinical course. Rhabdoid features are defined by characteristics such as sheets or solid trabeculae of neoplastic cells with large, vesicular, round to bean-shaped nuclei, prominent centrally located nucleoli, and abundant eccentric cytoplasm. Although various histological differential...
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