Metastatic Melanoma with Balloon Cell Changes: An Electron Microscopic Study
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ultrastructural Pathology
- Vol. 1 (3) , 357-360
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01913128009141437
Abstract
A [human] case of metastatic balloon cell melanoma is presented. The balloon cells are ultrastructurally characterized by the presence of numerous cytoplasmic vacuoles and abnormal melanosomes, which confirm their melanocytic origin. The study supports the concept that the cytoplasmic vacuoles represent grossly dilated melanosomes. The value of EM examination is emphasized to distinguish these lesions from other malignant cell tumors.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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