Balloon cell nevus. Summary of the clinical and histologic characteristics

Goette, D. K.

doi:10.1001/archderm.114.1.109

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“…The prognosis seems to correlate with tumour thickness as with other melanoma subtypes [5,6]. Balloon cell melanoma has been reported arising in the dermal component of superficial spreading melanoma [7], and while one balloon cell nevus, which was described as an intradermal nevus, was noted to have rare focal junctional nests of balloon cells [8], a search of the literature has discovered no reports of in situ BCMM nor of BCMM with a junctional component of balloon cells. In fact, BCMM has been described as a vertical growth phase melanoma [6].…”

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Balloon cell melanoma in primary care practice: a case report

Inskip¹,

Magee

Barksdale

et al. 2013

Dermatol Pract Concept

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A 68-year-old man presented to a primary care skin cancer clinic in Melbourne, Australia. He was concerned about a skin lesion on his mid back which he reported having trau- Funding: None. Competing interests:The authors have no conflicts of interest of disclose.All authors have contributed significantly to this publication. A case of balloon cell melanoma encountered in a primary care skin cancer practice in Melbourne, Australia is presented. The presenting lesion was 6 mm in diameter, ulcerated, non-pigmented and without any algorithmic clues to melanoma. However the presence of terminal hairs caused the clinician to suspect that it was melanocytic. The lesion was reported as a balloon cell melanoma, Clark level 4, Breslow thickness 2 mm with a mitotic index of 4 per square mm. This is an extremely rare melanoma subtype. Author DW has encountered only two cases in a career involving in excess of one million signed out dermatopathology reports. A search of the literature has not discovered any previously published dermatoscopy images of a balloon cell melanoma.

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Balloon cell melanoma in primary care practice: a case report

Inskip¹,

Magee

Barksdale

et al. 2013

Dermatol Pract Concept

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“…To qualify as a balloon cell nevus the lesion should contain a preponderance (over 50%) of foam cells (Schrader & Helwig 1967). Only a small number of nevi composed entirely of balloon eells has been reported (Goette & Doty 1978). These nevi are most often seen in the first three deeades of life.…”

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Unusual features of nevocellular nevi

Weedon

1982

J Cutan Pathol

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The microscopic examination of benign pigmented nevi is often cursory, with the result that interesting secondary changes within those nevi arc sometimes disregarded. Because the descriptions of these histologic variations in nevi are scattered through the literature of the last 30 years, it seems timely to review them. Age‐related changes (Maize & Foster 1979), the epidermal architecture of nevi (Bentley‐Phillips & Marks 1976) and general aspects of melanocytic nevi (Bhawan 1979) have all been reviewed in recent years and will not be considered further.

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“…8B). A nevus rarely contains only balloon cells; so far only five cases have been reported (Goette & Dotty 1978).…”

Section: (B) Balloon Cell Nevimentioning

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