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Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Balloon cell melanoma; Bladder Cell Melanoma

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Histological variant of malignant melanoma which is neither characterized by a specific clinical picture nor by a particular clinical course (see below bladder cell nevus).

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

A vesicular malignant tumor usually developing in a melanocytic compound nevus. Throughout the dermis, large "bubble-like" distended, very polymorphic cells with broad bright or finely granulated cytoplasm and irregularly configured nuclei are present. Multinucleated giant cells with nuclear hyperchromasia and mitoses also occur.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer