Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma: Report of a case and review of 173 cases in the literature

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM), or animal-type melanoma, is an unusual variant of melanoma which has been reported to have indolent behavior and a relatively good prognosis. We report a 12-year-old girl with PEM on the third finger web of her right hand. Histopathologically, it was compose...

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Main Authors: Pai-Shan Cheng, Shih-Sung Chuang, Tseng-Tong Kuo, Feng-Jie Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811711000905