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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-06-01
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Series: | Dermatologica Sinica |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811711000905 |