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Giant lung metastasis of NRAS-mutant melanoma in a 24-year-old patient with a history of BRAF-mutant conventional melanoma harboring Spitzoid morphology: a case report.
Diagnostic pathology - 25 Oct 2020
Vachtenheim Jiri, Kodet Roman, Fischer Ondrej, Kolek Vitezslav, Strizova Zuzana, Ozaniak Andrej, Simonek Jan, Stolz Alan, Pozniak Jiri, Kolarik Jan, Svorcova Monika, Vachtenheim Jiri, Lischke Robert
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BACKGROUND: Spitzoid melanocytic lesions represent a heterogeneous group of proliferations with ambiguous and overlapping terminology. The exact distinction of a Spitz nevus from a Spitzoid melanoma can be very difficult or, in some cases, impossible. Among the Spitzoid lesions, there is a lesion termed an atypical Spitz tumour (AST) that has intermediate histopathologic features between those of a Spitz nevus...
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