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Molecular analysis of atypical deep penetrating nevus progressing to melanoma.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Dec 2020
Isales Maria C, Khan Ayesha U, Zhang Bin, Compres Elsy V, Kim Daniel, Tan Timothy L, Beaubier Nike, Gerami Pedram
Abstract excerpt
Deep penetrating nevi (DPN) are dermal-based, heavily pigmented melanocytic proliferations primarily resulting from mutations in B-catenin and BRAF or, less commonly, NRAS. DPNs are considered to be intermediate grade tumors which are stable with low risk of malignant transformation. The precise risk for transformation is unknown. Only rare cases of DPN progressing to melanoma have been described. We present a...
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