Introduction. Skin metastases are the result of skin infiltration caused by the proliferation of cells of remotely located malignant tumors occurring with a frequency of 0.6–10.4 % in various oncological processes. They may be a sign of progressive neoplasm or a manifestation of newly diagnosed cancer. Due to a high variability of clinical manifestations leading to misdiagnoses, a limited number of articles describe clinical and dermatoscopic signs of solid tumors metastatic nodes. Aim: to analyze the clinical and dermatoscopic features of skin metastases from breast cancer.Materials and methods. A female patient has complaints of slight pain and itching in the lesions area on the scalp. According to her medical history, a right mastectomy was performed for right breast cancer in 2012, followed by hormone therapy willfully discontinued by the patient. Given the uncommon localization limited with the scalp, the differential diagnosis was made with a spectrum between a cylindroma, multiple basal cell cancer and metastatic carcinoma. A biopsy was carried out to confirm the diagnosis. Results and examination. The pathological skin process revealed itself through multiple nodes up to 2 cm in diameter, pinkish in color, dense, painless on palpation, poorly demarcated. Dermatoscopically: polymorphic vessels on an erythematous background, chrysalis-like structures. Breast cancer metastases were verified by histological and immunohistochemical examination.Conclusion. Skin metastases may be the first sign of cancer recurrence. Dermatoscopy can facilitate differenting them from other skin diseases. Density and diameter of pathological vessels are prognostically significant. Ifdetected lesions do not fit the standard pattern of skin neoplasms, histological verification of the diagnosis is recommended to be carried out.

The results of the experimental study of immune response of human skin malignant melanoma cells Mel 226 on photodynamic exposure are represented in the article. Photoinduced apoptosis of skin malignant melanoma was studied in vitro. The study showed that irradiation with the agent fotoditazin at dose of 0.5-2.5 µg/ml (6 and 10 min exposure 30 min before irradiation; irradiation parameters: wavelength of 662 nm, total light dose from 40 to 60 J/cm 2 ) induced early apoptosis. The increase of the time of laser irradiation significantly accelerates the conversion of photosensitized tumor cells from early to late apoptosis. Key words: human skin malignant melanoma, apoptosis, immune response, apoptotic index, photodynamic exposure, fotoditazin. For citations: Gelfond M.L., Baldueva I.A., Barchuk A.S., Gafton G.I., Anisimov V.V., Semiletova Yu.V., Novik A.V., Myasnyankin M.Yu., Nekhaeva T.L., Danilova A.B., Vorobeychikov E.V., Vaalj A.I., Gafton I.G. The study of mechanisms of photoinduced apoptosis in the skin malignant melanoma cell model, Biomedical Photonics, 2016, T. 5, No. 3, pp. 4-8 (in Russian).Резюме В статье представлены результаты экспериментального исследования иммунного ответа клеток меланомы кожи человека Mel 226 на фотодинамическое воздействие. Изучен фотоиндуцированный апоптоз клеток меланомы кожи in vitro. Исследования показали, что облучение с препаратом фотодитазин в концентрациях 0,5-2,5 мкг/мл (экспозиция в течение 6 и 10 мин за 30 мин до облучения; параметры облучения: длина волны 662 нм, суммарная доза облучения от 40 до 60 Дж/см 2 ) индуцирует ранний апоптоз. Увеличение времени лазерного облучения достоверно ускоряет переход фотосенсибилизированных опухолевых клеток из ранней фазы апоптоза в позднюю. Ключевые слова: меланома кожи человека, апоптоз, иммунный ответ, апоптический индекс, фотодинамическое воздействие, фотодитазин.

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