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Deep-penetrating-nevus-like melanoma arising in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Sept 2023
Russell-Goldman Eleanor, MacConaill Laura, Laga Alvaro C, Hanna John
Abstract excerpt
Deep penetrating nevi (DPN) are uncommon but distinctive melanocytic neoplasms that show an epithelioid to spindle cell morphology, prominent pigmentation with melanophages, and a plexiform growth pattern. Molecularly, most DPN are thought to be characterized by dual activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase and the wingless-related integration site (Wnt) pathways, the latter being most commonly driven...
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