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Review

“Animal-Type Melanoma/Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma”: History and Features of a Controversial Entity

by
Gerardo Cazzato
1,*,†,
Francesca Arezzo
2,†,
Anna Colagrande
1,
Antonietta Cimmino
1,
Teresa Lettini
1,
Sara Sablone
3,
Leonardo Resta
1,† and
Giuseppe Ingravallo
1,*,†
1
Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
2
Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
3
Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Bari Policlinico Hospital, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Dermatopathology 2021, 8(3), 271-276; https://doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8030033
Submission received: 6 June 2021 / Revised: 28 June 2021 / Accepted: 2 July 2021 / Published: 5 July 2021
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Abstract

Animal-type melanoma (ATM) was first described in the literature by Levene in 1979 in relation to a patient with a characteristic clinical presentation, and only later, rare and anecdotal case series have tried to shed light on an entity that has undergone several nosographic classification changes, and which, since 2018, is classified under the term “pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma”. Here, we conduct a brief review of the current literature on ATM and present a new clinical case with histopathological, immunophenotypic, and molecular investigations.
Keywords: animal-type; melanoma; skin; malignancies animal-type; melanoma; skin; malignancies

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Cazzato, G.; Arezzo, F.; Colagrande, A.; Cimmino, A.; Lettini, T.; Sablone, S.; Resta, L.; Ingravallo, G. “Animal-Type Melanoma/Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma”: History and Features of a Controversial Entity. Dermatopathology 2021, 8, 271-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8030033

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Cazzato G, Arezzo F, Colagrande A, Cimmino A, Lettini T, Sablone S, Resta L, Ingravallo G. “Animal-Type Melanoma/Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma”: History and Features of a Controversial Entity. Dermatopathology. 2021; 8(3):271-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8030033

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Cazzato, Gerardo, Francesca Arezzo, Anna Colagrande, Antonietta Cimmino, Teresa Lettini, Sara Sablone, Leonardo Resta, and Giuseppe Ingravallo. 2021. "“Animal-Type Melanoma/Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma”: History and Features of a Controversial Entity" Dermatopathology 8, no. 3: 271-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8030033

APA Style

Cazzato, G., Arezzo, F., Colagrande, A., Cimmino, A., Lettini, T., Sablone, S., Resta, L., & Ingravallo, G. (2021). “Animal-Type Melanoma/Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma”: History and Features of a Controversial Entity. Dermatopathology, 8(3), 271-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8030033

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