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Special Variants of Malignant Melanoma

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In this chapter, a number of histologically distinct variants of malignant melanoma including myxoid melanoma, small cell melanoma, rhabdoid melanoma, clear cell sarcoma, pigment-synthesizing melanoma, malignant melanoma with osteoclast-like giant cells, balloon cell melanoma, and signet-ring cell melanoma will be discussed.

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    Mai P. Hoang MD & Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

  2. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street Warren 820, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Mai P. Hoang MD

  3. Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

  4. Melanoma Program, Dana Farber Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, 41 Louis Pasteur Avenue, Room 317B, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

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Hoang, M.P., Mihm, M.C. (2014). Special Variants of Malignant Melanoma. In: Hoang, M., Mihm Jr., M. (eds) Melanocytic Lesions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0891-2_11

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