Clinical Study

Desmoplastic Melanoma: Report of 5 Cases

Table 1

Clinical features of 5 patients with cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma.

Patient no.Age (y)/SexFitzpatrick skin typesSite Breslow depth (mm)SLNBNeurotropis mFollw-up (mos)/status

165/FIIUpper extremity2.4ā€”absent113/Alive
265/FIIILower extremity2.5negativeabsent68/Alive
356/MIIUpper extremity2.1negativeabsent56/Alive
458/FIILower extremity12negativeabsent5/Alive
568/MIIITrunk10negativepresent2/Alive

SLNB sentinel lymph node biopsy.