Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases

Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases

Melanoacanthoma is a rare lesion. Melanoacanthoma of external ear is still rarer. We present two cases of melanoacanthoma of external ear in adults which presented as pigmented growths and clinically were suspected as malignant lesions. Histopathology was diagnostic as it demonstrated the characteri...

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Main Authors: Rashmi Patnayak, Amitabh Jena, Amit Kumar Chowhan, Nandyala Rukmangadha, Mandyam Kumaraswamy Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
external ear
malignant melanoma
melanoacanthoma
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.115928
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spelling doaj-03c5c4d92ab148b48a100c63323ca6d32020-11-25T03:31:00ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Laboratory Physicians0974-27270974-78262013-01-01501636410.4103/0974-2727.115928Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two CasesRashmi Patnayak0Amitabh Jena1Amit Kumar Chowhan2Nandyala Rukmangadha3Mandyam Kumaraswamy Reddy4Department of Pathology, Sri Venketeswar Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Sri Venketeswar Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Sri Venketeswar Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Sri Venketeswar Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Sri Venketeswar Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaMelanoacanthoma is a rare lesion. Melanoacanthoma of external ear is still rarer. We present two cases of melanoacanthoma of external ear in adults which presented as pigmented growths and clinically were suspected as malignant lesions. Histopathology was diagnostic as it demonstrated the characteristic elevated lesion with abundant melanin pigment. No recurrence of the lesion was reported after four years of initial diagnosis. These cases have been presented because of their uncommon location, highlighting the differential diagnoses.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.115928external earmalignant melanomamelanoacanthoma
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author Rashmi Patnayak
Amitabh Jena
Amit Kumar Chowhan
Nandyala Rukmangadha
Mandyam Kumaraswamy Reddy
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Amitabh Jena
Amit Kumar Chowhan
Nandyala Rukmangadha
Mandyam Kumaraswamy Reddy
Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases
Journal of Laboratory Physicians
external ear
malignant melanoma
melanoacanthoma
author_facet Rashmi Patnayak
Amitabh Jena
Amit Kumar Chowhan
Nandyala Rukmangadha
Mandyam Kumaraswamy Reddy
author_sort Rashmi Patnayak
title Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases
title_short Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases
title_full Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Melanoacanthoma of External Ear: Report of Two Cases
title_sort melanoacanthoma of external ear: report of two cases
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Journal of Laboratory Physicians
issn 0974-2727
0974-7826
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Melanoacanthoma is a rare lesion. Melanoacanthoma of external ear is still rarer. We present two cases of melanoacanthoma of external ear in adults which presented as pigmented growths and clinically were suspected as malignant lesions. Histopathology was diagnostic as it demonstrated the characteristic elevated lesion with abundant melanin pigment. No recurrence of the lesion was reported after four years of initial diagnosis. These cases have been presented because of their uncommon location, highlighting the differential diagnoses.
topic external ear
malignant melanoma
melanoacanthoma
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.115928
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