"Atypical" blue nevus, "malignant" blue nevus, and "metastasizing" blue nevus: A critique in historical perspective of three concepts flawed fatally

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-430

  Mones, Joan M ^a   Ackerman, A Bernard ^a  

^a ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

" Metastasizing" blue nevus; "Atypical" blue nevus; "malignant" blue nevus; Blue nevus; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

BLUE NEVUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NOMENCLATURE; OTA NEVUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALP TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644285608     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200410000-00012     Document Type: Review

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