DESMOPLASTIC  MELANOMA HAVING MYXOID OR BASOPHILIC STROMA
 
Scan showing expanded papillary dermis (yellow I), solar elastotic zone (red I), and reticular dermis deep to band of solar elastotic material (black I).The connective tissue in the black I zone would normally be eosinophilic.
Low power of deep zone showing myxoid stroma associated with the tumor cells above the zone of reticular dermis that abuts on the subcutis.
High power of mixture of myxoid stroma and spindle cells of the melanoma separating reticular dermis collagen bundles.
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