General and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
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Although this is just
a little shave biopsy of skin, you can easily see the central area of thickening
where the melanoma is. See this slide with the virtual microscope. |
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A higher power view of one of the clusters of malignant melanocytes. Here you can see the lack of cohesion of the cells and the rather marked degree of nuclear atypia. |