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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Melanoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous features: a potential diagnostic pitfall.

Henry Watter, Russell Milkins, Claire Chambers, Blake O'Brien

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henry WatterGeneral Surgery, Queensland Health, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia hkwatter@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8311-6812
Russell MilkinsGeneral Surgery, Hervey Bay Hospital, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Claire ChambersHistopathology, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Central Laboratory Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia.
Blake O'BrienHistopathology, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Central Laboratory Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia.
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology · AUQueensland Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is well-known for phenotypic plasticity, and rare cases of divergent differentiation have been described. This case report is of a tumour diagnosed as 'rhabdomyosarcoma' on the face of a man in his 80s. However, given the recent excision of an ulcerated melanoma (Breslow thickness 5.8 mm) from the same site, the more likely diagnosis would be recurrent melanoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. This highlights a rare form of divergent differentiation and a potential diagnostic pitfall.

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MelanomaRhabdomyosarcomaSkin NeoplasmsAged, 80 and overCutaneous Malignant MelanomaHumansMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, Localdermatologygeneral surgerypathologyskin cancersurgical oncology

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PMID37879714
PMCPMC10603449
OpenAlexW4387940890

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