Atypical Spitzoid Melanocytic Tumors With Positive Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Children and Teenagers, and Comparison With Histologically Unambiguous and Lethal Melanomas

Children and teenagers with a positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) after a prior diagnosis of an atypical spitzoid melanocytic tumor (ASMT) are usually cared for clinically in the same way as patients with melanoma. Little is known about long-term follow-up of these individuals to determine whether th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of surgical pathology 2009-09, Vol.33 (9), p.1386-1395
Hauptverfasser: BUSAM, Klaus J, MURALI, Rajmohan, KAYTON, Marc, LAQUAGLIA, Michael, SCOLYER, Richard A, PULITZER, Melissa, MCCARTHY, Stanley W, THOMPSON, John F, SHAW, Helen M, BRADY, Mary S, COIT, Daniel G, DUSZA, Stephen, WILMOTT, James
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Zusammenfassung:Children and teenagers with a positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) after a prior diagnosis of an atypical spitzoid melanocytic tumor (ASMT) are usually cared for clinically in the same way as patients with melanoma. Little is known about long-term follow-up of these individuals to determine whether this practice is appropriate. To learn more about the biology of these tumors we retrospectively reviewed the clinical and pathologic findings of children and teenagers (
ISSN:0147-5185
1532-0979
DOI:10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ac1927