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    Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma (PEM)/Animal Type Melanoma (ATM): Quest for an Origin. Report of One Unusual Case Indicating Follicular Origin and Another Arising in an Intradermal Nevus

    August 2017 in “ International journal of molecular sciences ”
    Ashley J Tarasen, John A. Carlson, M. Kathryn Leonard … Andrzej Słomiński
    Studysummary This study observed two cases of pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma suggesting potential differing origins: one from a hair follicle's outer root sheath and another from an intradermal nevus.
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