Lipomatous Congenital Melanocytic Nevus Presenting as a Neck Mass in a Young Adult

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 404-408

  Patel, Kalyani R ^a   Chernock, Rebecca ^a,b   Lewis Jr , James S ^a,b   Raptis, Constantine A ^c   Gilani, Maha Al ^b   Dehner, Louis P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Neural crest; Neurocristic hamartoma; Nevus lipomatosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84886750286     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-013-0441-4     Document Type: Article

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