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A Rare form of malignant melanoma: Balloon cell melanoma

Malign melanomun nadir bir varyantı: Balon hücreli melanom

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137–141
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Due to the rarity of this malignant melanoma type, clinical and histopathological diagnostic difficulties, the patient is worthy of presentation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Balloon cell melanoma, a rare form of malignant melanoma, is characterized by nests and sheets of large cells that exhibit an abundant quantity of clear or finely vacuolated cytoplasms.
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Key Findings & Data:A 52 year-old woman applied to surgery clinic with a non-healing wound in the dorsal skin of left middle finger.
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Abstract

Balloon cell melanoma, a rare form of malignant melanoma, is characterized by nests and sheets of large cells that exhibit an abundant quantity of clear or finely vacuolated cytoplasms. Balloon cell degeneration could be formed by primary or metastatic malignant melanoma. A 52 year-old woman applied to surgery clinic with a non-healing wound in the dorsal skin of left middle finger. Six months after the resection of the lesion, the patient was referred to our clinic with recurrence in the same area. Excision and skin grafting were performed and the lesion was reported as balloon cell melanoma. Due to the rarity of this malignant melanoma type, clinical and histopathological diagnostic difficulties, the patient is worthy of presentation.

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Balon hücreli melanom, malign melanomun nadir bir varyantıdır. Melanozomları n genişlemesi, dejenerasyonu ve füzyonuna bağlı olarak hücrelerin geniş, soluk ve vakuollü sitoplazma görünümü ile karakterizedir. Balon hücre değişikliği, primer ve metastatik melanomlarda meydana gelebilen bir değişikliktir. 52 yaşında kadın hasta, sol el 3. parmak sırtında 2 yıldır iyileşmeyen yara nedeniyle başka bir merkezde cerrahi kliniğine başvurdu. Lezyon eksize edildikten kısa bir süre sonra tekrarlayınca hastanemize sevk edildi. Bazal hücreli karsinom ön tanısıyla eksize edilen lezyon, histopatolojik olarak balon hücreli malign melanom tanısı aldı. Nadir görülmesi, klinisyen tarafından kolayca tanınamaması ve histopatolojik olarak tanı güçlüğünün olması nedeniyle olgu sunulmaya değer bulundu.

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LİVAOĞLU, M., ERSÖZ, Ş., LİVAOĞLU, A., SÖZEN, E. (2009). A Rare form of malignant melanoma: Balloon cell melanoma. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 43 - Sayı: 3, 137–141. https://ajindex.com/articles/363966

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