18 November 2023>: Articles
Oligometastatic Melanoma Treated by Metastasectomy in Combination with Immune Checkpoint and BRAF Inhibitors: A Case Series
Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
John P. Palmer A* , Arief A. Suriawinata B , Shaofeng Yan B , Darcy A. Kerr B , Muhammad Z. Afzal A , Keisuke Shirai ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938537
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e938537
Figure 15. Case 5: (A) A right femur biopsy demonstrates sheets of melanin-laden macrophages surrounding cancellous bone (hematoxylin and eosin [H&E], original magnification ×40). (B) On higher magnification, scattered hyperchromatic, histologically viable melanoma tumor cells are present in a background of necrosis and melanin pigment (H&E, ×320). (C) A concurrent lung biopsy shows vaguely spindle shaped melanoma tumor cells with intranuclear pseudo-inclusions (H&E, ×400). (D) Low magnification a subsequent axillary lymph node resection specimen demonstrates lymph node profiles largely replaced by metastatic melanoma (H&E, ×5). (E) Necrosis (left portion of image) and melanin pigment (right portion of image) are present (H&E, ×200). (F) A subsequent small bowel resection demonstrates metastatic melanoma with a vaguely spindle cell pattern (H&E, ×200).