Eruptive melanocytic nevi with malignant transformations and the connection to BRAF and p16 mutations

Eruptive melanocytic nevi (EMN) is a rare phenomenon with an unclear pathogenesis. Mutation on a molecular basis has been proposed, but insufficient data are available to confirm this hypothesis. Theoretically, the possibility of malignant transformation is high, but no previous definite cases had b...

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Main Authors: Ting-Hua Yang, Kuo-Hsien Wang, Hsiou-Hsin Tsai, Jan-Show Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-03-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
Subjects:
p16
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811716300234