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BACKGROUND

unique low-grade variant of melanoma with frequent lymph node metastases but indolent clinical course

REFERENCES

Zembowicz A, Carney JA, Mihm MC. Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma: a low-grade melanocytic tumor with metastatic potential indistinguishable from animal-type melanoma and epithelioid blue nevus. Am J Surg Pathol. 2004 Jan;28(1):31-40.

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