Letter - Dermatopathology
Animal-type melanoma/pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma: three clinical cases of a rare and controversial entity
Vittorio Geddaa, Francisco González-Colomaa,
, Alejandro Jeldresb,c, Carolyn Rodríguezb, Gabriela Coulond, Alex Castroe
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a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
b Health Reference Center Peñalolén Cordillera Oriente, Metropolitano Oriente Health Service, Santiago, Chile
c Santiago Oriente Hospital Dr. Luis Tisné Brousse, Metropolitano Oriente Health Service, Santiago, Chile
d Department of Surgery, Dermatology Service, Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
e Department of Pathology, Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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(A) Dermal melanocytic neoplasm, with abundant amount of pigment and preserved epidermis (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×2). (B) Nests of atypical melanocytes intermingled with abundant melanophages and collagen bundles (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×10). (C) Epithelioid and fusiform melanocytes, with accentuated atypia and macronucleoli (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×40)</p>" ] ] ] "textoCompleto" => "<span class="elsevierStyleSections"><p id="par0005" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Animal-type melanoma (ATM) is an infrequent variety of melanoma with a great diversity of nomenclatures, such as “equine-type melanoma”, “pigment synthesizing melanoma”, “epithelioid pigmented melanocytoma” or simply “animal melanoma”.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> Also is a controversial entity regarding its histopathological characterization,<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> what forced the last classification of skin tumors by the World Health Organization (WHO), published in 2018, to achieve a convergence under the term “pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma” (PEM).<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Clinical cases of PEM are presented, which correspond to the totality of diagnosed cases between 2018 and 2021 in 7 public and private health reference centers in Santiago of Chile.</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Case 1</span><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">83-year-old man, with two previously resected spinocellular carcinomas, presented a black-blue tumor of 5 years of evolution on the lumbar region, painful and ulcerated, which slowly grew to 3 cm diameter at diagnosis (<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig. 1</a>A). Without palpable lymphadenopathies. Dermoscopy showed a homogeneous blue-violet pattern, blue-gray veil, and structureless whitish areas (<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig. 1</a>B). Histopathology reported an infiltrating ATM, with epithelioid and fusiform dermal melanocytes, abundant pigment, accentuated atypia, Clark's level V, 9.5 mm of Breslow, 0 to 1 mitosis/mm,<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> without ulceration, without vascular or perineural invasion (<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig. 2</a>). Positron Emission Tomography (PET) revealed a solid hypermetabolic mass in the superior lobe of the right lung, without nodal or visceral metastasis. The surgical team performed the wide local excision (WLE) with sentinel lymph node biopsy, resulting negative, and confirmed that the pulmonary mass was a lung adenocarcinoma, with survival after 6 months of follow-up.</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Case 2</span><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A 16-year-old healthy man presented a blackish nodule in the right flank, 3 years of slow growth, asymptomatic, 7 mm diameter, with well-defined edges and smooth surface. Dermoscopy showed a homogenous bluish-black pattern, shiny-white structures, and a faint pigmentary net in its proximal margin. Histopathology reported a PEM, showing epithelioid and dendritic melanocytes with vesicular nuclei and wide cytoplasm with abundant granular brown pigment, arranged in nests and isolated units in the dermo-epidermal junction and dermis, preserved maturation, and numerous melanophages (<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig. 3</a>). Oncological committee indicated WLE and clinical follow-up, with survival after 12 months.</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Case 3</span><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A 7-year-old healthy boy presented a brown blotch in the lumbar region, asymptomatic, with well-defined edges and verrucous surface, 1 year of fast growth, with a diameter of 1 cm at diagnosis. Dermoscopy showed a homogeneous black pattern, without asymmetry in color or shape. Histopathological reported a PEM, whose dermal epithelioid melanocytes presented mild atypia, preserved maturation, with focal presence in the dermo-epidermal junction arranged in nests and short bundles, with focal extension to appendages, blood vessels, and nerves (<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig. 4</a>). The medical team performs a WLE and clinical follow-up, with survival after 8 months.</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0020"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The limited number of cases found confirms the low frequency of this pathology, with only isolated clinical cases and series of cases, except for a meta-analysis with a total of 190 cases.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> PEM tends to occur in young patients, mean of 27 years, with the same proportion between genders and a lower prevalence in Caucasian versus other skin cancers. Clinically, they usually presented a blue-blackish blotch or nodule, with occasional ulceration, located preferably in extremities.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1,4</span></a> Dermoscopic findings are homogeneous black, brown, or bluish patterns, shiny-white structures, blue-white veils, and irregular white areas.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a></p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In Chile, a series of four patients ATM was published, mostly men, with mean of 46 years, with a Breslow index between 1.5 and 14 mm, with nodal compromise in half of the cases, and all with a survival greater than 5 years.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> In Argentina, there is a published case of a 31-year-old male with an ATM with a Breslow index of 2.1 mm, positive sentinel node, and survival greater than 5 years.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> In Brazil, a report of two cases of ATM, a 49-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, whose histopathological analyses present discrete nuclear atypia and few mitoses.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> In Colombia, a 41-year-old man with ATM was reported, performing a WLE without sentinel lymph node biopsy.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Histologically, a spectrum of findings is described. The most characteristic elements are the presence of fusiform, dendritic and/or epithelioid melanocytes, with a periadnexal growth pattern, an intensely pigmented cytoplasm, vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and melanophages.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> They may present moderate to severe atypia, being habitual a mitotic index superior to 2× mm.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> A distinction can be made according to whether it corresponds to a pure injury (pure PEM) or associated with more conventional components of nevus (combined PEM).<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> In the cases shown in this series it is observed the ends of the finding spectrum make complex the diagnosis of PEM/ATM; from the first case in an aged patient, with previous skin malignancies, an alarming clinical, and accentuated cellular atypia; to other two cases of pediatric patients, healthy, with a suggestive clinical that motivates the removal and mild cellular atypia.</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Despite the latest consensus of the WHO, some authors propose histological clues suggestive of ATM, such as a background solar damage, atypical pagetoid component, severe nuclear atypia, expansive growth, and mitotic activity greater than 2× mm.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2,4</span></a> Regarding genetic studies, pure PEM presents a fusion of the PRKCA gene, whereas combined PEM commonly have mutations in the BRAF and PRKAR1A genes, and may be present in pigment synthesizing melanomas, for whose distinction other molecular techniques such as Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) or Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) become relevant.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Surgical management is preferred, opting for a WLE with or without a sentinel node in 99.2% of cases.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> At diagnosis, only 2.1% of patients presented palpable lymph nodes and only 1% had distant metastases,<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> but in a series of patients where sentinel node was performed there was a positivity between 46% and 60%.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6,10</span></a> There is consensus regarding the non-aggressive behavior of the PEM, but it is required studies that carry out long-term follow-up of these patients.</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">ATM/PEM continues to be a controversial entity, in which histopathological diagnosis is not only a matter of nomenclature but also affects subsequent clinical behavior, strengthening the importance of the clinical-pathological relationship. It’s urgent to establish a consensus regarding the management and monitoring of these patients, to develop future studies that allow us to continue understanding their biological behavior.</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Financial support</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">None declared.</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0025">Authors’ contributions</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Vittorio Gedda: Study concept and design; Data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; Writing of the manuscript or critical review of important intellectual content; Data collection, analysis and interpretation; Effective participation in the research guidance; Critical review of the literature; Final approval of the final version of the manuscript.</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Francisco González-Coloma: Study concept and design; Data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; Writing of the manuscript or critical review of important intellectual content; Data collection, analysis and interpretation; Effective participation in the research guidance; Intellectual participation in the propaedeutic and/or therapeutic conduct of the studied cases; Critical review of the literature; Final approval of the final version of the manuscript.</p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Alejandro Jeldres: Study concept and design; Data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; Data collection, analysis and interpretation; Effective participation in the research guidance; Intellectual participation in the propaedeutic and/or therapeutic conduct of the studied cases; Final approval of the final version of the manuscript.</p><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Carolyn Rodríguez: Data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; Data collection, analysis and interpretation; Intellectual participation in the propaedeutic and/or therapeutic conduct of the studied cases; Final approval of the final version of the manuscript.</p><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Gabriela Coulon: Data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; Data collection, analysis and interpretation; Intellectual participation in the propaedeutic and/or therapeutic conduct of the studied cases; Final approval of the final version of the manuscript.</p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Alex Castro: Data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; Data collection, analysis and interpretation; Final approval of the final version of the manuscript.</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">None declared.</p></span></span>" "textoCompletoSecciones" => array:1 [ "secciones" => array:7 [ 0 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0005" "titulo" => "Case 1" ] 1 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0010" "titulo" => "Case 2" ] 2 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0015" "titulo" => "Case 3" ] 3 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0020" "titulo" => "Financial support" ] 4 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0025" "titulo" => "Authors’ contributions" ] 5 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0030" "titulo" => "Conflicts of interest" ] 6 => array:1 [ "titulo" => "References" ] ] ] "pdfFichero" => "main.pdf" "tienePdf" => true "fechaRecibido" => "2022-03-07" "fechaAceptado" => "2022-06-09" "NotaPie" => array:1 [ 0 => array:2 [ "etiqueta" => "☆" "nota" => "<p class="elsevierStyleNotepara" id="npar0005">Study conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.</p>" ] ] "multimedia" => array:4 [ 0 => array:8 [ "identificador" => "fig0005" "etiqueta" => "Figure 1" "tipo" => "MULTIMEDIAFIGURA" "mostrarFloat" => true "mostrarDisplay" => false "figura" => array:1 [ 0 => array:4 [ "imagen" => "gr1.jpeg" "Alto" => 1250 "Ancho" => 2508 "Tamanyo" => 386403 ] ] "detalles" => array:1 [ 0 => array:3 [ "identificador" => "at0005" "detalle" => "Figure " "rol" => "short" ] ] "descripcion" => array:1 [ "en" => "<p id="spar0005" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Case 1. (A) Intensely pigmented exophytic tumor with ulcerated center in the lumbar region. (B) Dermatoscopy shows a homogeneous blue-violet pattern, blue-grey veil, and central ulceration</p>" ] ] 1 => array:8 [ "identificador" => "fig0010" "etiqueta" => "Figure 2" "tipo" => "MULTIMEDIAFIGURA" "mostrarFloat" => true "mostrarDisplay" => false "figura" => array:1 [ 0 => array:4 [ "imagen" => "gr2.jpeg" "Alto" => 1463 "Ancho" => 3341 "Tamanyo" => 1085030 ] ] "detalles" => array:1 [ 0 => array:3 [ "identificador" => "at0010" "detalle" => "Figure " "rol" => "short" ] ] "descripcion" => array:1 [ "en" => "<p id="spar0010" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Case 1. (A) Dermal melanocytic neoplasm, with abundant amount of pigment and preserved epidermis (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×2). (B) Nests of atypical melanocytes intermingled with abundant melanophages and collagen bundles (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×10). (C) Epithelioid and fusiform melanocytes, with accentuated atypia and macronucleoli (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×40)</p>" ] ] 2 => array:8 [ "identificador" => "fig0015" "etiqueta" => "Figure 3" "tipo" => "MULTIMEDIAFIGURA" "mostrarFloat" => true "mostrarDisplay" => false "figura" => array:1 [ 0 => array:4 [ "imagen" => "gr3.jpeg" "Alto" => 795 "Ancho" => 3341 "Tamanyo" => 880825 ] ] "detalles" => array:1 [ 0 => array:3 [ "identificador" => "at0015" "detalle" => "Figure " "rol" => "short" ] ] "descripcion" => array:1 [ "en" => "<p id="spar0015" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Case 2. (A) Wedge-shaped melanocytic proliferation at the dermal-epidermal junction and superficial dermis, intensely pigmented (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×2). (B) Epithelioid and dendritic melanocytic cells arranged in nests, some pigmented, with signs of maturation towards depth (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×10). (C) Neoplastic cells with wide cytoplasm, abundant granular brown melanin pigment, and slightly hyperchromatic and pleomorphic nuclei, with prominent nucleoli (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×40)</p>" ] ] 3 => array:8 [ "identificador" => "fig0020" "etiqueta" => "Figure 4" "tipo" => "MULTIMEDIAFIGURA" "mostrarFloat" => true "mostrarDisplay" => false "figura" => array:1 [ 0 => array:4 [ "imagen" => "gr4.jpeg" "Alto" => 815 "Ancho" => 3341 "Tamanyo" => 626812 ] ] "detalles" => array:1 [ 0 => array:3 [ "identificador" => "at0020" "detalle" => "Figure " "rol" => "short" ] ] "descripcion" => array:1 [ "en" => "<p id="spar0020" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Case 3. (A and B) Symmetrical proliferation of pigmented epithelioid melanocytes in reticular and superficial dermis, arranged in nests and short bundles with preserved maturation (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×2 and ×4). 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