Pathology Outlines - Ductal carcinoma, NOS - carcinoma with melanotic features

Breast malignant, males, children
Carcinoma subtypes
Ductal carcinoma, NOS - carcinoma with melanotic features

Author: Monika Roychowdhury, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 28 October 2016, last major update October 2012

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Table of Contents

Definition / general | Case reports | Differential diagnosis

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Definition / general

Part of WHO classification
Combination of ductal carcinoma and melanoma
Rare

Case reports

38 year old woman (Pathol Int 2009;59:676)
Ductal carcinoma with differentiation to melanoma (Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:1280)

Differential diagnosis

Lipofuscin (Histopathology 2000;37:456) or melanin pigment (Ultrastruct Pathol 2000;24:109, Br J Dermatol 1998;139:287) in otherwise typical ductal carcinoma
Metastatic melanoma