Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma: a new concept encompassing animal-type melanoma and epithelioid blue nevus

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Mar 22:2013:bcr-2013-008865. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008865.

Abstract

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM) is a recently proposed term which encompasses those melanocytic tumours previously designated as 'animal-type melanoma' or 'pigment-synthesising melanoma' and 'epithelioid blue nevus', the latter known to be associated with Carney's complex. We report a case of PEM in a previously well 26-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with a dark pigmented nodule on the anterior chest wall.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Nevus, Blue / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thorax