Nevus-Associated Melanomas: Clinicopathologic Features
Objectives: the clinical significance of nevus-associated melanoma compared with de novo melanomas remains controversial. It has been suggested that nevus-associated melanomas have a higher Breslow thickness and therefore worse prognosis. Over a 10-year period, this study evaluated the incidence of...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/38252 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1309/AJCP4L5CJGKTJVDD http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/38252 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Nevus-associated melanomas De novo melanoma Breslow Histologic subtype |
| Resumo: | Objectives: the clinical significance of nevus-associated melanoma compared with de novo melanomas remains controversial. It has been suggested that nevus-associated melanomas have a higher Breslow thickness and therefore worse prognosis. Over a 10-year period, this study evaluated the incidence of nevus-associated melanoma and its prognostic significance related to clinicopathologic features.Methods: Cross-sectional study from 1995 through 2004 in a dermatopathology referral center. With available data, we evaluated sex, primary location, histologic subtype, Breslow thickness, Clark level, presence of ulceration, associated lesion, and histologic subtype of the associated lesion.Results: of 135,653 pathologic records from skin biopsy specimens over a 10-year period, 1,190 melanoma records were selected Nevus-associated melanomas corresponded to 390 (32.8%) melanomas, with thin melanomas having a nevus 1.52 times the association observed with thick melanomas (>1.01 mm; 95% confidence interval, 1.16-1.99; P <.001). Superficial spreading melanoma was the most frequent, while no lentigo maligna melanoma was associated with nevi. the median Breslow thickness of nevus-associated melanomas was lower than that of de novo melanomas.Conclusions: Nevus-associated melanomas, which represent one-third of the melanomas in southeast Brazil, are associated with intermittent sun exposure, superficial spreading melanomas, and lower Breslow thickness. This is one of the largest series describing nevus-associated melanomas in Latin America. |
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