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Presence of melanocytic cells in epidermal nests, defined as three or more melanocytic cells in direct contact (also known as thèque), within the dermis, or in other tissues

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Melanocytic neoplasia

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Increased melanocytes confined to the basal layer of the epidermis

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Melanocytic hyperplasia

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Represent a developmental abnormality of normal melanocytic development due to a mutation that occurs in a progenitor cell that results in the abnormal extensive accumulation of melanocytic cells along migration pathways during normal development

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Congenital Nevomelanocytic Nevus

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Present at birth but large variety appear between 1 month and 2 years of life, grows relatively proportionally, associated with loss of pigmentation, halo depigmentation, and regression

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Congenital Nevomelanocytic Nevus

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Congenital Nevomelanocytic Nevus:
Small
Medium
Large
Giant
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Small <1.5 cm
Medium 1.5–19.9 cm
Large (≥20 cm)
Giant - as large as the patient’s palm if on the head and neck (and twice that area for other anatomic sites), 30% of the body surface, or 900 cm2 in adults

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Have smooth, regular, and sharply demarcated border, and skin markings distort the skin surface; some relatively hairless; some have coarse, long, darkly pigmented; have a smooth, pebbly, rugose, verrucous, cerebriform, or grossly lobular surface

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Congenital Nevomelanocytic Nevi

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CNNs of the head, neck, or posterior midline, and/or the presence of multiple satellite lesions associated with large CNN may be complicated

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Cranial and/or spinal leptomeningeal melanocytosis

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Associated with giant CNN

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Neurofibromatosis

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Associated with the relatively sudden appearance of a dermal or subcutaneous nodule, very dark pigmentation, itching, pain, bleeding, or ulceration

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Malignant degeneration of large CNNs

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Histopathology: presence of nevomelanocytes in the epidermis as well-ordered thèques and/or nevomelanocytes in the dermis, which are present as sheets, nests, cords, and/ or single cells

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Congenital Nevomelanocytic Nevus

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Histopathology: appearance may be identical to typical acquired nevi, with nevomelanocytes in the epidermis as well-defined thèques and/or nevomelanocytes in the papillary dermis as sheets, cords, or nests; nevomelanocytes in the lower two-thirds of the reticular dermis and to be associated with appendageal and neurovascular structures

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Nevomelanocytic type of large CNN

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Histopathology: melanocytic elements take on the appearance of Wagner-Meissner corpuscles (lames foliacée), a palisaded arrangement of cells around a cellular mass of homogeneous material (Verocay body), and sheathing of nerves by neuroid tissue (neuroid tubes); may be responsible for lobulation and redundancy of tissue (pachydermatous or cerebriform appearance) due to the production of connective tissue elements such as reticulin, collagen, and sometimes mucinous stroma; may take on the appearance of a pigmented neurofibroma

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Neuroid type of giant CNN

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Histopathology: dermis may be infiltrated in whole or in part by nests or sheets of epithelioid cells and/or spindle cells; may have atypical cellular and architectural features, large epithelioid cells may comprise superficial papillary zones of the nevus, and smaller nevomelanocytes may appear in the same lesion in deeper zones of the reticular dermis, with a grenz zone separating the two elements

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Spindle cell and/or epithelioid cell type of giant CNN

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Histopathology: appearance may be that of a giant blue nevus, or the lesion may have elements of blue nevus (either common or cellular type) with heavily pigmented spindle-shaped melanocytic cells alone or intermixed with nevomelanocytes in the reticular dermis or deeper tissues

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Blue (dermal melanocytic) type of giant CNN

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Treatment goal in CNN

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To remove as much of the nevus while preserving function and improving cosmetic appearance

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Presents as a circumscribed macule/patch of tan background pigmentation (<1 cm to >10 cm in diameter) with features consistent with lentigo or café-au-lait macules including scattered, more darkly pigmented nevomelanocytic (or more hyperplastic) macular and/or papular elements

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Nevus spilus

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Associated with large varieties of nevus spilus

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Multiple granular tumors
Nevus flammeus
Muscle atrophy
Neurological disorders
Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica
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Histopathology: consists of increased numbers of melanocytes in a lentiginous epidermal pattern
Electron microscopy: demonstrate melanin macroglobules

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Nevus spilus - tan background pigmentation

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Histopathology: demonstrate foci of increased melanocytic hyperplasia or melanocytic dysplasia (architectural disorder and variable cellular atypia)

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Nevus spilus - flat, dark elements

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Histopathology: usually contain collections of nevomelanocytes in the epidermis and/or dermis

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Nevus spilus - raised elements

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Develop after birth, slowly enlarge symmetrically, stabilize, and after a period of time may regress with majority develop during the 2nd-3rd decades of life

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Common acquired nevomelanocytic nevi

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Spontaneous and concurrent development of scattered nevomelanocytic nevi often similar in appearance

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Eruptive nevi

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Phenomenon of spontaneous development of a zone of depigmentation around a preexisting nevus, indicating the onset of involution and subsequent regression

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Halo nevus
Leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum
Sutton’s nevus
Leukopigmentary nevus
Perinevoid vitiligo
Perinevoid leukoderma
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Lesions have a homogeneous surface and coloration pattern, round or oval shape, regular outlines, and relatively sharp borders; may be papillomatous, dome-shaped, pedunculated, or flat-topped and are usually skin-colored, pink, or brown

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Common acquired nevomelanocytic nevi

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May cause redness and even blistering in the perinevic halo

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UV radiation

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Process that results in the development of an eczematous dermatitis presenting as a red halo around nevi but no regression

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Halo dermatitis

Meyerson’s nevus

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Most common associated condition in halo nevus occurring in 18% to 26% of patients

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Vitiligo

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Associated with halo nevus

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Poliosis
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
Pernicious anemia
Prominent numbers of nevi
Atypical nevi
Personal or family history of melanoma
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Relatively large number or numerous nevi are seen in

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Turner syndrome

Noonan syndrome

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Eruptive nevi suggests

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Blistering disease

Immunosuppression

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Nevomelanocytes in the deep dermis may be disposed within a collagenous framework that is loose, pale, and wavy in formations called

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Neuroid tubes

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Composed of peculiar foam cells comprising a portion or all of a given lesion; multinucleated balloon cells and multinucleated giant cells are seen frequently

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Balloon cell nevus

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Refers to the incontiguity association of different types of melanocytic nevi; most found in association with a benign compound nevus

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Combined nevus

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Name given to recurrent lesions after incomplete removal of a benign nevomelanocytic nevus; common after superficial destructive procedures

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Recurrent melanocytic nevus

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Histopathology: central nevomelanocytic nevus associated with a dermal band-like lymphohistiocytic infiltrate and a depigmented zone totally or almost totally devoid of epidermal melanocytes

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Halo nevus

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Useful in discriminating benign lesions from lesions with a metastatic tendency

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FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization)

CGH (comparative genomic hybridization)

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In nevi, may help confirm a benign diagnosis

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Low Ki67 activity and loss of HMB45 in dermal (deeper) cells

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Associated with multiple blue nevi

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Lentigines, cardiac myxoma, and mucocutaneous myxomas

[Carney complex/LAMB syndrome (Lentigines, Atrial myxomas, Mucocutaneous myxomas, and Blue nevi)]

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Derived from a mutant precursor cell resulting in the accumulation and differentiation of the melanocytic cells in the dermis

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Blue nevus

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Mutation in blue nevus

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GNAQ gene

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Usually acquired, and once developed remain stable usually solitary, asymptomatic blue, blue-gray, or blue-black papules, usually less than 10 mm in diameter occur anywhere, but about half are present on the dorsa of hands and feet

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Blue nevus

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The blue-gray color of blue nevi is an optical effect of blue light backscatter from the skin over the dermal melanin

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Tyndall effect

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Associated with large plaque blue nevus (pilar neurocristic hamartoma)

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Lentigo simplex

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Darkly pigmented, blue-black papules or nodules, mostly on the head and neck or upper extremities, 2–9 mm in diameter, and occurring predominantly in the 1st four decades of life, including childhood

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Deep penetrating nevi

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Blue-gray or blue-brown nodules or plaques 1-3 cm in diameter, occasionally larger with surface usually smooth but may be irregular; one-half the cases are located on the buttocks or sacrum and may develop in association with CNN; more elevated, more aggressive locally, and occasionally associated with lymph node “benign metastasis”

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Cellular blue nevi

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Presents as an expanding dermal nodule with or without ulceration and may develop in contiguity with a cellular blue nevus, nevus of Ota, combined congenital blue nevus, or de novo

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Malignant blue nevus (melanoma)

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Histopathology: dermal melanocytes appear as melanin-containing fibroblast-like cells grouped in irregular bundles admixed with melanin-containing macrophages, associated with excessive fibrous tissue in the middle or upper reticular dermis, occasionally extending downward to subcutaneous fat or upward to papillary dermis; elongated melanin-producing dermal melanocytes lie with their long axis parallel to the epidermis

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Common blue nevi

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Histopathology: peripilar grouped arrangement of mostly spindle cells containing varying amounts of melanin, patterns of a common blue nevus and dermal melanocytosis (Mongolian spot), and presence of abnormal (granular) melanosomes

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Plaque-like blue nevus (pilar neurocristic hamartoma)

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Histopathology: may have both spindle and epithelioid cell forms and demonstrates deep extension into the dermis or subcutis in a wedge-shaped structure potentially tracking with neurovascular or adnexal structures

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Deep penetrating nevi

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Histopathology: a component of a common blue nevus plus fascicles of spindle-shaped cells with ovoid nuclei and abundant pale cytoplasm with little or no melanin, and often epithelioid cells, present in the dermis and often in subcutaneous fat in nests, bundles, and neuroid forms with little or no intervening stroma

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Cellular blue nevi

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Major complication of blue nevi

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Potential risk of melanoma (highest - cellular blue nevus)

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Common blue nevus that would require histopathologic examination

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Sudden appearance of blue nodule
Expansion of a pre-existing blue nodule
Congenital blue nodule
Relatively large blue nodule or plaque >10mm in diameter

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Acquired lesions, often during the third decade of life presents as sharply circumscribed, uniformly darkly pigmented papule

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Pigmented spindle cell nevus

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Dermoscopy: diffusely jet black with a sharp well defined border - should interface with the skin in a similar (uniform) manner for the full circumference of the lesion; pattern is often “starburst” in appearance

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Pigmented spindle cell nevus

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Histopathology: consists of vertically oriented fascicles of spindle-shaped, pigment-producing melanocytes; some pagetoid upward migration may be present, but the lesion can be distinguished from melanoma by uniform nuclei, uniform cellular detail, and distinctive pattern of growth; most cases have a lymphohistiocytic host response

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Pigmented spindle cell nevus

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Treatment: Pigmented spindle cell nevus

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Excision with 3-5mm margin of normal skin

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Dermoscopy: oval, uniform, and gray-blue in color; some have a central amorphous yellow appearance

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Blue nevus

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Presents most commonly as a solitary, asymptomatic, pink or red, hairless, firm, and dome-shaped; some may resemble a keloid with commonly smooth surface, and the borders may fade into surrounding skin; usually asymptomatic, but pruritus, tenderness, and/or bleeding may occur

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Spitz nevus

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Present as widespread eruptive lesions or in a grouped manner as multiple agminated lesions consisting of red, red-brown, brown, or dark-brown papules or nodules, with a fine stippled surface; often occur in the early years of life within a background of congenital macular pigmentation or occasionally within a hypopigmented plaque

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Agminated spitz nevus

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Histopathology: large melanocytic cells often twice the size of epidermal basal keratinocytes with prominent mononuclear or multinucleated giant cells in the epidermis and/or dermis which show progressive maturation with increasing depth, becoming smaller and more similar to ordinary nevomelanocytes with the overall distribution of cells in the dermis being wedge-shaped, with narrowing of the wedge toward the subcutaneous fat; coalescent eosinophilic globules (Kamino bodies) present; melanocytic elements are usually arranged in well- circumscribed nests; epidermis is usually hyperplastic, with elongated and bulbous pegs and knobs extending into the dermis

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Spitz nevus

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Markers for Spitz nevus

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Gain of chromosome 11p

Amplification or activation of H-RAS

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Treatment: Spitz nevus

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Complete excision with a 3-5 mm clear margin of normal skin

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Theories to the mechanism by which nevomelanocytes appear in regional lymph nodes

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  1. Nevomelanocytes get trapped in developing nodal tissues

2. There may be passive transfer from the cutaneous lesion to the lymph node

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Histopathology: nevomelanocytes largely confined to the nodal capsule; bear resemblance to the cells in the cutaneous lesion

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Nodal nevi

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Benign melanocytic neoplasia present in a lymph node. Nevomelanocytes are often located in the capsule but may also be present in the nodal parenchyma. Generally asymptomatic and found incidentally as a result of lymph node removal.

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Nodal nevi

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Sharply circumscribed, light-brown to very dark-brown macule

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Lentigo simplex

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Associated with Lentigo simplex

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
LEOPARD syndrome (lentigines; electrocardiogram conduction defects; ocular hypertelorism; pulmonary stenosis; abnormalities of genitalia; retardation of growth, and sensorineural deafness)
LAMB/myxoma syndrome
Laugier-Hunziker syndrome

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Lentigines are present at birth or shortly thereafter and may increase in number during childhood which occur on both sun-exposed and sun-protected sites, including genitalia, conjunctiva, oral mucosa, palms, and soles

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Moynahan (LEOPARD) syndrome

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Numerous lentigines may be present at birth or appear during early childhood with oral pigmentation usually persists whereas cutaneous lentigines usually fade after puberty; almost always present on the oral mucosa but other common sites of involvement include lips, nose, eyelids, anus, nail bed, and dorsal and ventral surfaces of hands and feet

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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Lentigines on the lips and genital sites appear in early childhood and tend to persist and occur mainly on the face and genitalia as tan to black macules

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LAMB syndrome

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Lentigines are acquired during adulthood and persist indefinitely, not associated with somatic abnormalities which occur on the buccal and labial mucosa of the mouth, on fingertips and nail matrix

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Laugier-Hunziker pigmentation

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Presence of pigmented macules is restricted to a horizontal band across the central face

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Centrofacial lentiginosis

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First become manifest at birth or early childhood as small, circumscribed, light-brown macules, 2-10 mm in diameter, confined to a localized area of the skin, often in a segmental distribution and frequently in a curvilinear or swirled pattern

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Agminated lentigines

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Histopathology: intraepidermal melanocytic hyperplasia in the basal layer of elongated epidermal rete ridges, without nest formation; melanocyte number may only be minimally increased but pigmentary differences are marked or the number of melanocytes is sufficiently increased to begin forming nests, appearing similar to a junctional nevus

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Lentigo simplex

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Useful to demonstrate increased number of melanocytes confined to the basal layer and lacking junctional nest formation in Lentigo simplex

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Mart-1
Mel-5
DOPA

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Dermoscopy: simple well defined regular pigment network without any other dermoscopic findings, such as dots or globules

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Lentigo simplex

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Acquired lesions, generally in fair-skinned individuals, on sun-exposed skin surfaces which persist indefinitely; pigmented macule on skin exposed to natural sunlight or artificial sources of UVR, usually in the presence of similar lesions in the same location; may be tiny (<1 mm in diameter) or large (up to a few cm in diameter), with a tendency to confluence in severely sun-damaged skin and with smooth or irregular outlines

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Solar lentigo

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Histopathology: elongated epidermal rete ridges with club-shaped or bud-like extensions, frequent branching and fusing of rete ridges, a thinned or atrophic epidermis between rete ridges, and increased numbers of epidermal melanocytes without nesting; scant to moderate perivascular mononuclear cell infiltrate in the dermis, usually associated with scattered melanin-laden macrophages

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Solar lentigo

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Useful to demonstrate increased number of melanocytes confined to the basal layer and a lack of junctional nest formation in Solar lentigo

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Mart-1

DOPA

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Most common area for Dysplastic Nevus

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Trunk particularly back

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Clinical criteria for the diagnosis of a Dysplastic Nevus

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  1. Diameter in one dimension at least 5 mm and a prominent at component
  2. (2 of 3) other features:
    a. irregular, asymmetric outline,
    b. indistinct borders
    c. variable pigmentation
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Histopathology: Architectural features - junctional component of scattered atypical melanocytes which may be most of the lesion, or an edge or shoulder extending several retia beyond a dermal component; rete ridges are elongated, with the nests of melanocytes at the tips or along the side of the retia with occasional bridging of the nests across retia; fibroplasia in the dermis, often concentric eosinophilic fibroplasia or lamellar fibroplasia; lymphocytes tend to be patchy and perivascular
Cytologic features - atypical melanocytes with abundant cytoplasm along the DEJ that are 1/3 to 1/2 larger than the melanocytes in the normal surrounding skin; nuclei may be slightly irregular or folded with hyperchromasia and clumping of chromatin; some may have prominent nucleoli.

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Dysplastic nevus

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An essential tool for clinical care of individuals with Dysplastic Nevus which serve as a medical record allowing determination to be made as to whether a lesion has changed

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Total body photography (mole mapping)

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New imaging techniques for Dysplastic Nevus

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Confocal microscopy
Multispectral imaging
Optical coherence tomography
Ultrasound
Raman spectroscopy
Melanin fluorescence
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Major complication for Dysplastic Nevus patients

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Melanoma

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Most frequent complication for patients with Dysplastic Nevus

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Scarring due to numerous biopsies

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Treatment for Dysplastic Nevus

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Observation

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T or F: Removal of Dysplastic Nevus does not substantially decrease a patient’s risk of developing a melanoma

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True

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Major preventive intervention for the development of Dysplastic nevus

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Decreased UV exposure

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Most common type of cancer in young adults in the US ages 25-29, second most common cancer in adolescents and young adults 15-29 years old

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Melanoma

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Accounts for 75% of all skin cancer deaths

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Melanoma

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Major environmental cause of melanoma, especially in high-risk populations

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Sun exposure (UV exposure)

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Periodic, intense sun exposure rather than long, continued, heavy sun exposure is most important in melanoma causation

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Intermittent exposure hypothesis

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Serves as a surrogate measure of intermittent intense sun exposure

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Sunburn history (blistering and peeling burns)

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Melanoma incidence and mortality among Caucasians correlate inversely with latitude of residence and dose of UV radiation

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Latitude gradient

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Most common site for melanoma in men

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Trunk, particularly the upper back

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Most common sites in women

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Lower legs, followed by the trunk

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Most common location for melanoma in older persons

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Face with the addition of the neck, scalp, and ears

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Phenotypic features associated with an increased risk of melanoma

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Light skin pigmentation
Blond or red hair
Blue or green eyes
Prominent freckling tendency
Tendency to sunburn with Fitzpatrick skin phototype I-II
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Nevi at risk for developing melanoma

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Adults with more than 100 clinically typical-appearing nevi
Children with more than 50 typical-appearing nevi
Any patient with atypical nevi

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Patients with familial melanoma are estimated to account for how many percent of all patients with melanoma

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10-15%

102
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Account for approximately 40% of hereditary melanoma cases (≥3 melanomas in one lineage) and confer a 76% chance of developing melanoma (in US)

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Germline mutations in the chromosome 9p21 tumor suppressor gene, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A)

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Two gene products encoded by CDKN2A

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  1. p16 (also known as INK4a, inhibitor of kinase 4a)

2. p14ARF (alternative reading frame)

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A cell-cycle regulator that binds and inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases Cdk4 or Cdk6, thereby inhibiting progression of cells through the G1 phase of the cell cycle

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p16

105
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Inhibits a cellular oncogene Hdm2, which in turn accelerates the destruction of the p53 tumor-suppressor gene

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p14

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Serine/threonine kinase, which is a major player in the Ras-Raf-Mek-Erk mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling transduction pathway that regulates cell growth, proliferation, and differen- tiation in response to various growth factors, cytokines, and hormones

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B-RAF

107
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Tumor suppressor gene leads to enhanced Ras pathway signaling and downregulates signaling through the Akt arm of the Ras circuitry

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PTEN/MMAC1

108
Q

Transcription factor that appears to be a master regulator of melanocyte differentiation

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MITF gene

109
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Amplification of MITF gene appears to contribute to this novel carcinogenic mechanism

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Lineage addiction

110
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Five stages of malignant transformation and tumor progression in melanocytes

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  1. Benign melanocytic nevi
  2. Atypical nevi
  3. Primary malignant melanoma, radial growth phase
  4. Primary malignant melanoma, vertical growth phase
  5. Metastatic malignant melanoma
111
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Most common subtype, accounting for approximately 70% of all cutaneous melanomas diagnosed most commonly on intermittently sun-exposed areas, most frequently the lower extremity of women, and the upper back of men; may present subtly as a discrete focal area of darkening within a preexisting nevus

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Superficial spreading melanoma

112
Q

Second most common melanoma with trunk as the most common site remarkable for rapid evolution, often arising over several weeks to months typically appears as a uniformly dark blue-black or bluish-red raised lesion

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Nodular melanoma

113
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Subtype of melanoma in situ with a prolonged radial growth phase that may progress to invasive LMM with time; presents as slowly enlarging, brown, freckle-like macule with irregular shape and differing shades of brown and tan, usually arising in a background of photodamaged skin

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Lentigo maligna

114
Q

Most common site for ALM

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Sole

115
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Subtype of melanoma with distinct differences in frequencies seen between ethnic groups; presents as brown, black, tan, or red with variegations in color (most common color is brown-black) and irregular borders; often misdiagnosed as a plantar wart or hematoma

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Acral lentiginous melanoma

116
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Considered a variant of ALM, generally arises from the nail matrix, most commonly on the great toe or thumb; appears as a brown to black discoloration or growth in the nail bed

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Subungual melanoma

117
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A widening, dark, or irregularly pigmented longitudinal nail streak

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Melanonychia striata

118
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Finding of pigmentation on the proximal nail fold

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Hutchinson sign

119
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Most commonly develops in the sixth or seventh decade on sun-exposed head and neck regions with firm, sclerotic, or indurated quality, and 1/2 are amelanotic with higher rate of local recurrence due to a propensity to infiltrate perineurally

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Desmoplastic Melanoma

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Can arise on mucosal surfaces on the head and neck (conjunctival, intranasal, sinus, and oral), vulva, anorectal, or even urethral mucosa present most often with delayed detection and a deeply pigmented, irregular lesion

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Mucosal Melanoma

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Heterogeneous group of rare lesions that histologically resemble benign nevi by their symmetry and apparent maturation with descent in the dermis, thus with greater potential for misdiagnosis; marked hyperchromasia of the nuclei of the tumor cells, the presence of mitoses, and an expansile growth of the dermal cells

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Nevoid melanoma

122
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Subtype of melanoma that clinically and histologically resembles a Spitz nevus, but tends to be larger and have asymmetry and irregular coloration

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Spitzoid melanoma

123
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Second most common cancer in women of child-bearing age

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Melanoma

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ABCDE acronym for melanoma

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A for asymmetry (one half is not identical to the other half)
B for border (irregular, notched, scalloped, ragged, or poorly de ned borders as opposed to smooth and straight edges)
C for color (having varying shades from one area to another)
D for diameter (i.e., greater than 6 mm, approximately the size of a pencil eraser)
E for evolving

125
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A pigmented lesion that is different from other pigmented lesions on a particular individual should be approached with a high index of suspicion

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Ugly duckling sign

126
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A noninvasive technique in which a handheld device is used to examine a lesion through a film of liquid, usually immersion oil, using nonpolarized light (contact), or the lesion is examined under polarized light without a contact medium (noncontact)

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Dermoscopy

127
Q

Gold standard for diagnosing melanoma

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Histopathologic evaluation of the biopsy specimen

128
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Cytologic atypia necessary for the diagnosis of melanoma

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Cellular enlargement
Nuclear enlargement
Nuclear pleomorphism
Hyperchromasia of nuclei
Nucleolar variability
Presence of mitoses especially deep in the dermis
129
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Major architectural features of melanoma

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Asymmetry
Poor circumscription (i.e., cells at the edge of the lesion tend to be small, single, and scattered)
Large size (>5–6 mm)
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Pagetoid spread

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Melanoma
Spitz nevi
Spindle cell nevi
Vulvar nevi
Acral nevi
131
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Histopathology: population of melanocytes appearing uniformly atypical

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Superficial spreading melanoma

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Histopathology: atypical melanocytes singly and in nests, predominantly confined to the basal layer of the epidermis, which become confluent without pagetoid spread, occurring in the background of photodamage; epidermis is thin and atrophic, with loss of rete ridges; variable cytologic atypia

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Lentigo maligna

Lentigo maligna melanoma

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Histopathology: characteristic lentiginous pattern of most cells being single and located near the dermal-epidermal junction; irregular acanthosis, and the melanoma cells are uniformly malignant and often dendritic

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Acral lentiginous melanoma

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Histopathology: demonstrates little tendency for intraepidermal growth; instead, there is a dermal mass of atypical melanocytes

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Nodular melanoma

135
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Expressed by almost all melanomas; but also by mela- nocytic nevi, Langerhans cells, and cutaneous neural tumors

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S-100

136
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Monoclonal antibody with high specificity for melanoma cells, although it is frequently negative in DM

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HMB-45

137
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Broadly expressed in benign and malignant melanocytic lesions but not in most DMs; more sensitive than HMB-45 and more specific than S100 for melanoma

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Melan-A

138
Q

Stain for Desmoplastic melanoma

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Vimentin

S-100

139
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Essential for determining optimal treatment and for

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Accurate staging of melanoma

140
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The single most important prognostic factor for survival and clinical management in localized stage I and II cutaneous melanoma

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Tumor thickness

141
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An independent prognostic factor for localized melanoma; confers a higher risk of developing advanced disease and lower survival rate

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Ulceration

142
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Independent predictor of survival (2nd most powerful predictor of survival); measured as the number of mitoses per square millimeter

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Mitotic rate

143
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Significantly increases the risk of relapse, lymph node involvement, distant metastases, and death

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Vascular invasion

144
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Correlate with a poorer outcome, and this has been retained in the current AJCC melanoma staging system

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Microscopic satellitosis

145
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Predictor of melanoma outcome

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Sentinel lymph node status

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Portends a worse prognosis with respect to overall survival rates

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Increasing age (>60)

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