Difficult management of an extremely rare case of giant pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM), a heavily pigmented and highly uncommon melanocytic lesion, is extremely rare. It comes under several forms and names. We report the case of a three-year-old boy born with an isolated right lumbopelvic and femoral giant PEM. The boy was unable to walk due to...

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Main Authors: Mengu Ma Tooh, Oumama El Ezzi, Samuel Rotman, Mirko Dolci, Raymond Bossou, Anthony de Buys Roessingh, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576617300167