title: Rare presentations of primary melanoma and special populations: a systematic review.
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.
authors.affiliation: Departments 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.
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kottschade
authors.forename: Travis E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Grotz
authors.forename: Roxana S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dronca
authors.forename: Diva R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Salomao
authors.forename: Jose S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Pulido
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wasif
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jakub
authors.forename: Sanjay P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bagaria
authors.forename: Riten
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Judith S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Shane Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Jesse T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Emily C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hand
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Jerry D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: Christian L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Svetomir N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Markovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000096142:Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
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