balloon cell malignant melanoma
MONDO:0000929Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names balloon cell malignant melanoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare variant of melanoma with a vertical growth phase. It presents as a nodular or polypoid skin lesion. It is characterized by the presence of nodules which contain large melanoma cells with clear, foamy or finely vacuolated cytoplasm. The prognosis is similar to that of other melanomas matched for depth of invasion.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0000929), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: balloon cell malignant melanoma
- Also called
- balloon cell cutaneous (skin) melanomaballoon cell malignant melanoma of skinballoon cell malignant melanoma of the skinballoon cell malignant skin melanomaballoon cell melanomaballoon cell skin melanoma