%0 Case Reports
%T Desmoplastic Melanoma of the Chest Wall: a Diagnostic Dilemma.
%A Khan AA
%A Zaheer S
%A Gulati P
%A Ahuja S
%J Indian J Surg Oncol
%V 15
%N 1
%D 2024 Mar
%M 38511025
暂无%R 10.1007/s13193-023-01851-4
%X Desmoplastic melanoma is an extremely rare subtype of malignant melanoma comprising only 1% of all the cutaneous melanomas. Being amelanotic and owing to its histopathological features of spindle cells lying in a collagenized stroma, it is often misdiagnosed as a dermatofibroma or scar tissue. The present case study describes a case of desmoplastic melanoma of the chest wall where the final diagnosis could be arrived at only after an extensive immunohistochemical panel to exclude other spindle cell proliferations.