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Skin melanocytic tumor

Authors: Aadil Ahmed, M.D., Ali M. Alani, M.D., Said Albahra, M.D., Saba Anjum, M.B.B.S., Sepideh Nikki Asadbeigi, M.D., Aaminah Faheem Azhar, M.D., Dre Barnachea, M.D., Marialessandra Capuzzolo, M.D., Gerardo Cazzato, M.D., Ph.D., Wei-Shen Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Anila Chughtai, M.B.B.S., Chico J. Collie, M.B.B.S., D.M., Jennifer Crimmins, M.D., Harrison Dai, M.D., Mona Deerwester, M.D., M.Sc., Carina Dehner, M.D., Ph.D., Mario Della Mura, M.D., Sabina Desar, M.D., Michele Donati, M.D., Hailey Fisher, B.S., Joseph Gillam, M.D., Sarah E. Gradecki, M.D., Megan V. Ha, M.D., Christopher S. Hale, M.D., Jonathan D. Ho, M.B.B.S., D.Sc., Dean Holliday, M.D., Gregory A. Hosler, M.D., Ph.D. , Antonina Kalmykova, M.D., Alison H. Kucharik, M.D., Robert E. LeBlanc, M.D., Bonnie A. Lee, M.D., Boulos Mansour, M.D., Jeffrey McBride, M.D., Ph.D., Phillip H. McKee, M.D., Doniya Milani, M.D., M.Sc., Mark Mochel, M.D., Khaled Sabry Mohamed, M.D., Cuong Nguyen, M.D., Reeba Annie Omman, M.D., Elnaz Panah, M.D., Nat Pernick, M.D., Thuy L. Phung, M.D., Ph.D., Nicholas Polster, M.D., Alison Potter, M.B.B.S. , Carlos N. Prieto-Granada, M.D. , Syeda Qasim, M.D., Shyam Raghavan, M.D., Bethany R. Rohr, M.D., Azadeh Samiei, M.D., Casey P. Schukow, D.O., Michi Shinohara, M.D., Bruce R. Smoller, M.D., Joana Sorino, M.D., Jodi Speiser, M.D., Pranvera Sulejmani, M.S., Muhammad Tahir, M.D, M.S., Idy Tam, M.D., Carlos A. Torres-Cabala, M.D., Kaitlin Vanderbeck, M.D., Katharina Wiedemeyer, M.D., Bicong (Crane) Wu, M.D.

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Table of contents
General:books staging WHO classification WHO classification for pediatric melanocytic neoplasms
Lentigines, melanotic macules and melanocytic hyperplasia:melanotic macule melanocytic hyperplasia lentigo café-au-lait spot ephelis
Nevi:nevi-general combined (clonal, blue, PEM, DPN, BAP1 and Spitz) common acquired nevus dysplastic nevus halo nevus Meyerson nevus nevus spilus recurrent nevus special site nevus
Blue nevi, dermal melanocytoses and associated neoplasms:blue nevus / cellular blue nevus cutaneous neurocristic hamartoma dermal melanocytosis
Deep penetrating, BAP1 inactivated & pigmented epithelioid melanocytomas:BAP1 inactivated nevus / melanocytoma pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma WNT activated deep penetrating / plexiform melanocytoma (nevus)
Spitz neoplasms:Spitz nevus Reed nevus atypical Spitz tumor (Spitz melanocytoma) malignant Spitz tumor (Spitz melanoma)
Melanoma:invasive melanoma desmoplastic melanoma lentigo maligna melanoma melanomas with unusual features (balloon cell, verrucous, signet ring cell, small cell, etc.) metastatic melanoma nevoid melanoma nodular melanoma pediatric melanoma regressed melanoma (tumoral melanosis) sentinel node biopsy superficial spreading melanoma (low CSD melanoma)
Melanocytic tumors on acral skin and nail apparatus:acral melanoma acral nevus nevi on the nail apparatus (pending) subungual melanoma (melanoma of the nail apparatus)
Congenital nevi and associated neoplasms:congenital nevus melanoma arising in giant congenital nevus proliferative nodule
Genital and mucosal melanocytic tumors:atypical melanocytic nevi of the genital type mucosal melanoma (genital, oral, sinonasal)
Other pigmented lesions and disorders of pigmentation:other pigmented lesions and disorders of pigmentation - General
Disorders found in other chapters (ocular melanocytic neoplasms): conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia conjunctival melanoma conjunctival nevi eyelid melanoma uveal melanoma

Melanocytic stains: HMB45 Ki67 MelanA / MART1 melanin MITF p16 PRAME S100 SOX10

Superpages: entire chapterimagesvirtual slides
Index (Alphabetical table of contents)
A-E:acral melanoma acral nevus atypical melanocytic nevi of the genital type atypical Spitz tumor (Spitz melanocytoma) BAP1 inactivated nevus / melanocytoma blue nevus / cellular blue nevus café-au-lait spot combined (clonal, blue, PEM, DPN, BAP1 and Spitz) common acquired nevus congenital nevus cutaneous neurocristic hamartoma dermal melanocytosis desmoplastic melanoma dysplastic nevus ephelis
F-N:halo nevus invasive melanoma lentigo lentigo maligna melanoma malignant Spitz tumor (Spitz melanoma) melanocytic hyperplasia melanoma arising in giant congenital nevus melanomas with unusual features (balloon cell, verrucous, signet ring cell, small cell, etc.) melanotic macule metastatic melanoma Meyerson nevus mucosal melanoma (genital, oral, sinonasal) nevi on the nail apparatus (pending) nevi-general nevoid melanoma nevus spilus nodular melanoma
O-Z:other pigmented lesions and disorders of pigmentation - General pediatric melanoma pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma proliferative nodule recurrent nevus Reed nevus regressed melanoma (tumoral melanosis) sentinel node biopsy special site nevus Spitz nevus staging subungual melanoma (melanoma of the nail apparatus) superficial spreading melanoma (low CSD melanoma) WHO classification WHO classification for pediatric melanocytic neoplasms WNT activated deep penetrating / plexiform melanocytoma (nevus)
Skin melanocytic tumor books

Bhawan: 2022

Bolognia: 2024

Busam: 2018

Calonje: 2019

Dadzie: 2016

Elder: 2020

Elder: 2022

Elston: 2018

Gardner: 2019

Gru: 2023

IARC: 2018

Johnston: 2023

Massi: 2013

Plaza: 2016

Rapini: 2021

Tetzlaff: 2021



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