Desmoplastic Melanoma: A Pathologically and Clinically Distinct Form of Cutaneous Melanoma |
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Authors: | William?G?Hawkins Klaus?J?Busam Leah?Ben-Porat Katherine?S?Panageas Daniel?G?Coit David?E?Gyorki David?C?Linehan Email author" target="_blank">Mary?S?BradyEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Surgery, Washington University, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110;(2) Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York, 10021 |
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Abstract: | Background Desmoplastic melanoma (DM) is a rare variant characterized by the presence of fusiform melanocytes in a sclerotic stroma. Pathologic heterogeneity within DM may account for the controversy regarding the clinical presentation and prognosis of DM compared with conventional melanoma (CM).Methods We identified 131 patients with a diagnosis of DM seen between 1979 and 2002. Tumors were categorized as either pure DM (pDM; n = 92), if desmoplasia was prominent throughout the entire invasive tumor, or mixed DM (mDM; n = 39), if fibrosis was well developed in only parts of an otherwise non-DM. Differences in clinical behavior among pDM, mDM, and CM (n = 3976) were examined.Results Seventy-three percent of patients with DM had tumors >2 mm in depth, compared with 31% of patients with CM (P < .001). Regional nodal metastasis was uncommon in patients who presented with clinically localized pDM (1%) compared with those with mDM (10%) or CM (6%) (P < .05, pDM vs. CM). Five-year melanoma-specific mortality was lower for patients who presented with pDM compared with mDM (11% vs. 31%; P < .01). Patients with pDM and CM had a similar melanoma-specific mortality despite a 3-fold difference in median tumor depth (3.6 vs. 1.2 mm, respectively).Conclusions DMs can be divided into two subtypes based on a histological quantification of desmoplasia. Tumors with prominent fibrosis (pure subtype) are unlikely to disseminate to regional lymph nodes and are associated with a favorable outcome when compared with those with mixed desmoplasia or CM. |
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Keywords: | Desmoplastic melanoma Lymph node Survival Recurrence |
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