Key result
Histopathology confirms the first reported pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma developing from a teratoma in Carney complex.
Case Report (n=1)
This is the first reported case of pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma developing from a teratoma in a patient with Carney complex.
Alerts clinicians to rare melanocytic tumors in Carney complex; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
A 25‐year‐old female Carney complex patient with a PRKAR1A mutation who had undergone surgery to remove teratomas visited our dermatology department. She was suspected of having a malignant melanoma in a teratoma. On clinical examination, a black nodule was found within the cyst. On histopathological examination, the black lesion was composed of heavily pigmented round cells with vesicular nuclei and single prominent nucleoli. Additionally, there were large cells with irregularly shaped nuclei. Upon immunohistochemical examination, the large, irregularly shaped cells were positively stained with Melan A, HMB45, S‐100 protein, SOX10, CD10 (focally), and BRAF V600E , but negatively stained with PRAME. Based on the histopathological features, we diagnosed the patient with pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM) in a teratoma of a Carney complex patient. This is the first case of PEM developing from a teratoma. Since PEM lesions may spread to regional lymph nodes, careful follow‐up is necessary.
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Ichiki et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma in a teratoma (n=1). Carney complex with PRKAR1A mutation was evaluated on Diagnosis of pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM). Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination confirmed the first reported case of pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma developing from a teratoma in a Carney complex patient.
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