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BENIGN LESIONS MASQUERADING AS MALIGNANT MELANOMA; HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPOSTER


JUVENILE MELANOMA


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… when a histologic diagnosis of malignant melanoma has been made in children, the clinical behavior rarely has been that of a malignant tumor…. Does the histologically malignant melanoma of children differ in any structural detail from that of adults? REFERENCE

Spitz S. Melanoma of childhood. Am J Pathol 24:591-609, 1948