Peters M S, Su W P
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1985 Aug;13(2 Pt 2):351-4. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(85)70173-9.
A patient was seen with a pigmented plaque of malignant melanoma and multiple surrounding skin-colored dermal and subcutaneous nodules. Histologic examination showed that the pigmented lesion represented the balloon cell variant of malignant melanoma and that the adjacent nodules were local metastatic lesions. This case, along with a review of the literature, illustrates that many balloon cell melanomas show only mild cellular atypia and minimal mitotic figures, although the tumor has a malignant course, with local or distant metastasis. A careful examination of all the sections of the balloon cell tumor is important.
一名患者被发现有恶性黑色素瘤的色素沉着斑块及多个周围皮肤颜色的真皮和皮下结节。组织学检查显示，色素沉着病变为恶性黑色素瘤的气球状细胞变体，相邻结节为局部转移病灶。该病例以及文献复习表明，许多气球状细胞黑色素瘤仅表现出轻度细胞异型性和极少的有丝分裂象，尽管肿瘤呈恶性病程，可发生局部或远处转移。仔细检查气球状细胞瘤的所有切片很重要。
