MEETING No. 48 HELD ON DECEMBER 11th, 2002 AT THE SAN CARLO HOSPITAL, MILANO

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"PIGMENTED LESION ON THE ARM"
C. CLEMENTE – San Pio X Private Hospital - Milano
(pict. by dr. Clemente)

Clinical history: 55y.o. woman with a raised pigmented lesion on the skin of the left arm.
Microscopical description: non-ulcerated lesion, consisting of melanocytes, which reach the interface between papillary and reticular dermis (III level).
The thickness is 1.8 mm, the intra-tumoral lymphocytic infiltrate is non-brisk, the peri-tumoral infiltrate is moderate; mitoses count is between 1 and 6 per mm2 (pict. 1 - pict. 2 - pict. 3 - pict. 4 - pict. 5 - pict. 6 - pict. 7 - pict. 8).

Diagnosis

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