Angiotropic neonatal congenital melanocytic nevus: How extravascular migration of melanocytes may explain the development of congenital nevi

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-499

  Barnhill, Raymond L ^a   Chastain, Mark A ^b   Jerdan, Myles S ^c   Lebbé, Céleste ^a   Janin, Anne ^a   Lugassy, Claire ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Northwest Georgia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists   (United States)

^c North Georgia Dermatopathology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angiotropism; congenital melanocytic nevus; extravascular migration; melanoma metastasis; neural crest

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTROPISM; ARTICLE; BACK; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CELL MIGRATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; NEURAL CREST; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; BIOPSY; CELL MOTION; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954144130     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181c6afce     Document Type: Article

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