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Melanocytic nevi with an atypical epithelioid cell component: clinical, histopathologic, and fluorescence in situ hybridization findings.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Sept 2011
Pouryazdanparast Pedram, Haghighat Zahra, Beilfuss Beth Ann, Guitart Joan, Gerami Pedram
Abstract excerpt
Combined melanocytic nevi can contain a phenotypically distinct population of large atypical epithelioid cells in a background of smaller banal-appearing melanocytes. On the basis of the pattern of proliferation and degree of pigmentation, nevi with this pattern have been referred to as nevi with an atypical epithelioid cell component (N-AECC). When N-AECC display sheet-like or an expansile nodular growth...
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