Pure and Mixed Desmoplastic Melanomas: A Retrospective Clinicopathologic Comparison of 33 Cases

Conclusions: Pure and mixed variants of DM were found to have similar clinicopathologic characteristics. Patients with the mixed histologic subtype were more likely to have mitoses, but no difference in the therapeutic management or patient survival was seen between the 2 subtypes.
Source: The American Journal of Dermatopathology - Category: Pathology Tags: Original Study Source Type: research