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. 2013 Mar 30;9(5):998–1008. doi: 10.1007/s11306-013-0523-z

Table 1.

Demographics, diagnosis and histology analysis (H&E staining) of 5 matched melanoma cases

Case M-1 Case M-2 Case M-3 Case M-4 Case M-5
Sex M M M M F
Race White White Hispanic dark skin White Hispanic dark skin
Age 49 73 35 75 38
Initial diagnosis Nodular melanoma Nodular nevoid melanoma Acral lentigenous melanoma Recurrent malignant melanoma Melanoma
Localization Right forearm Right temple Right foot Scalp Back
Tissue/lesion Intact Previously shaved Intact Previously shaved Intact
Breslow thickness 0.98 mm 0.75 mm 2.2 mm 0.67 mm 5 mm
Clark level, TNM stage II, T1N1M0 IV, T1N0M0 V, T3aN2M0 T1bN0M0 V, T4bN1M0
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Diagnosis from our punch biopsy sample Malignant melanoma Melanoma in situ Acral lentigenous melanoma Melanoma in situ Melanoma
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Histology-adjacent, non-neoplastic skin

The site of punch biopsy of melanoma (indicated with Inline graphic ) and of adjacent skin are indicated with white circle. Unfortunately, we did not obtain the macroscopic picture for case M-5