Melanocyte Colonization and Pigmentation of Breast Carcinoma: Description of Two Pathological Cases and Review of Literature

Angela Santoro; Giuseppe Angelico; Vincenzo Fiorentino; Qianqian Zhang; Saveria Spadola; Angela Carlino; Alejandro Martin Sanchez; Gianluca Franceschini; Gian Franco Zannoni; Antonino Mule'

doi:10.3390/diagnostics11040709

Melanocyte Colonization and Pigmentation of Breast Carcinoma: Description of Two Pathological Cases and Review of Literature

Angela Santoro, Giuseppe Angelico, Vincenzo Fiorentino, Qianqian Zhang, Saveria Spadola, Angela Carlino, Alejandro Martin Sanchez, Gianluca Franceschini, Gian Franco Zannoni, Antonino Mule'

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Abstract

Colonization of breast carcinoma by non-neoplastic melanocytes of epidermal origin was first described by Azzopardi and Eusebi in 1977. We herein report two cases on the exceptional clinical and pathological features of this phenomenon in a 66-year-old and a 51-year-old patients. The pathogenesis is not fully understood, but a disrupted basement membrane and the role of tumoral growth factors are considered essential.

Lingua originale	English
pagine (da-a)	709-709
Numero di pagine	9
Rivista	Diagnostics
Volume	11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11040709
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 2021

Keywords

breast carcinoma
breast melanosis
melanocyte colonization
melanoma
pigmentation

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Melanocyte Colonization and Pigmentation of Breast Carcinoma: Description of Two Pathological Cases and Review of Literature

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