[Malignant melanoma (review of 68 cases)]

A clinica pathologic revision was performed about 68 patients with malignant melanoma of the Hospital dos Servidores Publicos do Estado de São Paulo. The authors had checked the data concerning to color, age and sex of the patients, localisation, clinical aspect of the lesions and clinical evolution of the cases. They made comments on the histopathology related to Clark's levels, the depth of tumors (Breslow), solar elastosis and inflammatory infiltrate, in relation with the clinical evolution of the cases.