The Great Mime: Three Cases of Melanoma with Carcinoid-Like and Paraganglioma-Like Pattern with Emphasis on Differential Diagnosis
Gerardo Cazzato, Anna Colagrande, Antonietta Cimmino, Aurora Demarco, Lucia Lospalluti, Francesca Arezzo, Leonardo Resta, Giuseppe Ingravallo
Abstract
Melanoma is among the most aggressive tumors, with different histological patterns of presentation ranging from the usual and easily diagnosable pictures to complex patterns of difficult diagnostic interpretation. Here, we present three cases of a very rare melanoma variant described as "carcinoid-like" and "paraganglioma-like" in the literature, and a brief review of the current literature of the very few cases described to date.
Topics & Concepts
ParagangliomaMelanomaPresentation (obstetrics)MedicineDifferential diagnosisInterpretation (philosophy)RadiologyPathologyComputer scienceCancer researchProgramming languageCutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementMelanoma and MAPK PathwaysBrain Metastases and Treatment