Giant melanosomes were identified in lentigines and nevi of 4 patients from 3 kindreds with the B-K mole syndrome. They were present in some dysplastic lesions but not in malignant melanomas. In one case examined in the electron microscope, characteristic ultrastructural features were observed.
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