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- May 9, 2015 at 7:13 pm
Hey everyone,
I have a quick question on my pathlogy report. I know these questions are fairly common on here, so please bear with me.
My question is, I've commonly seen "atypical melanocytic cells" used to describe a dysplastic nevus not MIS. Is this truly a MIS nevus or is it dysplastic but trending toward melanoma? What's the distinction between the two?
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- May 9, 2015 at 7:13 pm
This post kept triggering the spam filter, so here is the actual pathlogy report:
"DIAGNOSIS: (NOTE)
A) UPPER BACK
Melanoma in situ, peripheral tissue margin involved.
MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION:
(NOTE)
A) Sections of skin show a proliferation a atypical melanocytic
cells aligned along the dermal/epidermal junction and extending
individually into the upper epidermal layers. Multiple additional
sections have been examined.
STAGE (AJCC, 7th Ed, 2010): pTis, pNX, pMX The lesion involves the
peripheral tissue margin.COMMENTS:
Lesion grossly appears to cover the majority of the skin surface.
Bisected and entirely submitted."-
- May 9, 2015 at 11:04 pm
So, atypical melanocytic cells could describe both MIS or a dysplastic Nevis. It's a matter of degrees along with analyzing the other factors. they look at all the factors like architecture and cell atypical and other things to come up with a final diagnosis. It's a matter of degrees and in some instances, there isn't a lot of difference between the two diagnoses.
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- May 9, 2015 at 11:04 pm
So, atypical melanocytic cells could describe both MIS or a dysplastic Nevis. It's a matter of degrees along with analyzing the other factors. they look at all the factors like architecture and cell atypical and other things to come up with a final diagnosis. It's a matter of degrees and in some instances, there isn't a lot of difference between the two diagnoses.
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- May 9, 2015 at 11:04 pm
So, atypical melanocytic cells could describe both MIS or a dysplastic Nevis. It's a matter of degrees along with analyzing the other factors. they look at all the factors like architecture and cell atypical and other things to come up with a final diagnosis. It's a matter of degrees and in some instances, there isn't a lot of difference between the two diagnoses.
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- May 9, 2015 at 7:13 pm
This post kept triggering the spam filter, so here is the actual pathlogy report:
"DIAGNOSIS: (NOTE)
A) UPPER BACK
Melanoma in situ, peripheral tissue margin involved.
MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION:
(NOTE)
A) Sections of skin show a proliferation a atypical melanocytic
cells aligned along the dermal/epidermal junction and extending
individually into the upper epidermal layers. Multiple additional
sections have been examined.
STAGE (AJCC, 7th Ed, 2010): pTis, pNX, pMX The lesion involves the
peripheral tissue margin.COMMENTS:
Lesion grossly appears to cover the majority of the skin surface.
Bisected and entirely submitted." -
- May 9, 2015 at 7:13 pm
This post kept triggering the spam filter, so here is the actual pathlogy report:
"DIAGNOSIS: (NOTE)
A) UPPER BACK
Melanoma in situ, peripheral tissue margin involved.
MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION:
(NOTE)
A) Sections of skin show a proliferation a atypical melanocytic
cells aligned along the dermal/epidermal junction and extending
individually into the upper epidermal layers. Multiple additional
sections have been examined.
STAGE (AJCC, 7th Ed, 2010): pTis, pNX, pMX The lesion involves the
peripheral tissue margin.COMMENTS:
Lesion grossly appears to cover the majority of the skin surface.
Bisected and entirely submitted."
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