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An Atypical Deep Penetrating Nevus With Mutations in Beta Catenin , BRAFV600E , and IDH1R132C in an 8-Year-Old Boy.
The American Journal of dermatopathology - 1 Aug 2022
Ireland Amanda M, Wood Benjamin A, Whitfield Joseph, Amanuel Benhur, Harvey Nathan T, Mesbah Ardakani Nima
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ABSTRACT: Deep penetrating nevus (DPN) is a pigmented melanocytic tumor which typically displays a wedge-shaped deep penetrating architecture. Some cases show a coexisting component resembling conventional melanocytic nevus. These morphological attributes are correlated with the acquisition of genomic alterations in the Wnt pathway on a background of underlying activating MAPK pathway mutations. Lesions with...
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