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 |
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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 ( |
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ISSN: | 0147-5185 1532-0979 |
DOI: | 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ac1927 |