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Rare presentations of primary melanoma and special populations: a systematic review
Lisa A Kottschade1, Travis E Grotz, Roxana S Dronca
1Departments of *Oncology †Surgery ‡Laboratory Medicine and Pathology §Ophthalmology #Dermatology ‡‡Radiation Oncology **Pediatrics §§Radiology ∥∥Hematology ¶¶Immunology ††Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN ∥Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada ¶The Queen's Medical Center/Queen's Cancer Center, University of Hawaii/John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI.
Abstract:
A subset of patients with melanoma present in rare and unique clinical circumstances requiring specific considerations with respect to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Herein, we present our review of patients with: (1) primary mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts; (2) primary melanoma of the eye; (3) desmoplastic melanoma; (4) subungual melanoma; (5) melanoma in special populations: children, nonwhites, as well as a discussion of familial melanoma.
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