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The elusive BAP1 mutation in pediatric melanocytic tumors.
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Moustafa Danna, Mologousis Mia A, Duncan Lyn M, Hawryluk Elena B
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous BAP1-inactivated melanocytomas (BIM) are melanocytic proliferations defined histopathologically by an epithelioid, predominantly dermal melanocytic proliferation with loss of BAP1, and have been largely characterized in adult patients but less well-described in pediatric cohorts. BIM share overlapping histological features with those seen in Spitz nevi; however, unlike Spitz nevi, the majority of BIM...
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