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Epithelioid cell melanoma

MedGen UID:
137763
•Concept ID:
C0334443
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Epithelioid Cell Malignant Melanoma; epithelioid cell malignant melanoma; Epithelioid Cell Melanoma; epithelioid cell melanoma; epithelioid cell melanoma (morphologic abnormality); Epithelioid Melanoma; epithelioid melanoma
SNOMED CT: Epithelioid cell melanoma (37138001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002973

Definition

A melanoma characterized by the presence of malignant large epithelioid melanocytes. [from NCI]

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PubMed

Undifferentiated and dedifferentiated soft tissue neoplasms: Immunohistochemical surrogates for differential diagnosis.
Thway K, Fisher C
Semin Diagn Pathol 2021 Nov;38(6):170-186. Epub 2021 Sep 29 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2021.09.005. PMID: 34602314
Management of the "Other" retroperitoneal sarcomas.
Rutkowski PL, Mullen JT
J Surg Oncol 2018 Jan;117(1):79-86. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1002/jso.24893. PMID: 29127695
Update on dermoscopy of Spitz/Reed naevi and management guidelines by the International Dermoscopy Society.
Lallas A, Apalla Z, Ioannides D, Lazaridou E, Kyrgidis A, Broganelli P, Alfano R, Zalaudek I, Argenziano G; International Dermoscopy Society
Br J Dermatol 2017 Sep;177(3):645-655. Epub 2017 Jul 19 doi: 10.1111/bjd.15339. PMID: 28118479

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Primary Mucosal Melanoma Presenting with a Unilateral Nasal Obstruction of the Left Inferior Turbinate.
Lombardo N, Della Corte M, Pelaia C, Piazzetta G, Lobello N, Del Duca E, Bennardo L, Nisticò SP
Medicina (Kaunas) 2021 Apr 8;57(4) doi: 10.3390/medicina57040359. PMID: 33917690Free PMC Article

Therapy

Iris melanoma seeding through a trabeculectomy site.
Grossniklaus HE, Brown RH, Stulting RD, Blasberg RD
Arch Ophthalmol 1990 Sep;108(9):1287-90. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070110103033. PMID: 2400348

Prognosis

Primary Mucosal Melanoma Presenting with a Unilateral Nasal Obstruction of the Left Inferior Turbinate.
Lombardo N, Della Corte M, Pelaia C, Piazzetta G, Lobello N, Del Duca E, Bennardo L, Nisticò SP
Medicina (Kaunas) 2021 Apr 8;57(4) doi: 10.3390/medicina57040359. PMID: 33917690Free PMC Article
Survival rate of patients with choroidal melanoma.
Lommatzsch P, Dietrich B
Ophthalmologica 1976;173(6):453-62. doi: 10.1159/000307932. PMID: 1004815

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