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Loss of expression of protein kinase a regulatory subunit 1alpha in pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma but not in melanoma or other melanocytic lesions.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Nov 2007
Zembowicz Artur, Knoepp Stewart M, Bei Thalia, Stergiopoulos Sotirios, Eng Charis, Mihm Martin C, Stratakis Constantine A
Abstract excerpt
Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM) is a recently described entity comprising most cases previously described as "animal-type melanoma" and epithelioid blue nevus (EBN) occurring in patients with the multiple neoplasia syndrome Carney complex (CNC). Mutations of the protein kinase A regulatory subunit type 1alpha (R1alpha) (coded by the PRKAR1A gene) are found in more than half of CNC patients. In this...
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