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Mind your head: two cases of mucosal metastasis of BRAF-mutated melanoma of the scalp.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2022
Koppes S A, Schrader A M R, Jansen A M L, Rijken J A, Kamphuis A M, Blokx W A M
Abstract excerpt
Mucosal melanomas are rare and only a small portion bear BRAF mutations while cutaneous melanomas have a much higher prevalence and often harbor BRAF mutations. We present two cases in which, after a malignant melanocytic mucosal lesion with a BRAF mutation was found, the primary cutaneous source was identified and clonality confirmed between the lesions. In both cases, primary lesions occurred on the scalp, an...
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