Key result
Proximal epithelioid sarcoma can develop at a previously resected malignant melanoma site, highlighting the need for specific cytological and histological features to distinguish the two.
Highlights the cytological and histological features needed to distinguish proximal epithelioid sarcoma from malignant melanoma when occurring at the same site.
Alerts clinicians to consider epithelioid sarcoma in post-melanoma sites; leaves open systematic validation of distinguishing features.
Epithelioid sarcoma is an uncommon soft‐tissue sarcoma, with its ‘proximal’ subtype occurring in the pelvic and genital areas and behaving more aggressively. This is the first report of a proximal subtype in a site of previously resected malignant melanoma, highlighting the key cytological and histological features in distinguishing these two epithelioid malignancies.
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Wang et al. (2016) studied this question. Proximal epithelioid sarcoma can develop at a previously resected malignant melanoma site, highlighting the need for specific cytological and histological features to distinguish the two.
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