Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma (Animal Types of Melanoma) on the Nose

Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma (Animal Types of Melanoma) on the Nose

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM), also known as an animal-type melanoma, is a distinctive group of melanocytic tumors with a more favorable prognosis than conventional melanoma. Since tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) extend in the premetastatic lymph nodes in several cancers, we hypothesi...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Ohuchi, Taku Fujimura, Yumi Kambayashi, Hisayuki Tono, Eika Ohtake, Akira Hashimoto, Setsuya Aiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma
Prognosis
Tumor-associated macrophages
PD-L1
CD163
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/490237

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