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10. New Heights: “Animal-type” melanoma and entities related to it. Part II: Devolution of the concept: animal-type melanoma, epithelioid blue nevus, pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma?

François Milette, M.D.
A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D.

Authors’ note

Introductory quotations

Contents of Part II

I. Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma, animal-type melanoma, and epithelioid blue nevus (Zembowicz, Carney, and Mihm, 2004)

a. Epithelioid blue nevus in perspective historical

b. Epithelioid blue nevus (Carney and Ferreiro, 1996)

c. Presentation clinical of pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma

d. Presentation histopathologic of pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma

e. Concepts of animal-type melanoma and epithelioid blue nevus in relation to pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma

f. Definition of terms ambiguous

g. Lack of legitimacy of any of the concepts set forth by Zembowicz, Carney, and Mihm

II. Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (Howard et al. 2005)

III. Equine/animal-type melanoma in humans: malignant melanoma with prominent pigment synthesis (Magro, Crowson, Mihm, 2006)

Afterword

Summary

References

SEE ALSO
- animal-type melanoma

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Sophocles; Oedipus Rex

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