Polypoid melanoma and superficial spreading melanoma - Different subtypes in the same lesion

Abstract

Melanoma is a malignant melanocytic neoplasm with high mortality rate, and steadily and universally increasing incidence rates. Polypoid melanoma is considered an exophytic variant of the nodular subtype. The incidence of polypoid melanoma is extremely variable, most likely because of the different criteria used for its characterization. We presented a rare case of polypoid melanoma and superficial spreading melanoma in the same lesion. © 2014 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia.