Abstract:Desmoplastic melanoma (DM) is uncommon and can be a diagnostic challenge both clinically and histologically. We report a unique presentation of DM presenting as an amelanotic, depressed, indurated plaque on the forehead. The lesion was clinically concerning for a morpheaform basal cell carcinoma and with an unrevealing initial punch biopsy, an excisional biopsy with IHC was necessary to determine a diagnosis of pure desmoplastic melanoma. When a patient presents with a depressed, indurated plaque of unknown et… Show more
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