Alice Chen, Natasha Sharma, Pragi Patel, Shantel Olivares, Armita Bahrami, Raymond L Barnhill, Willeke A M Blokx, Marcus Bosenberg, Klaus J Busam, Arnaud de La Fouchardière, Lyn M Duncan, David E Elder, Jennifer S Ko, Gilles Landman, Alexander J Lazar, Cecilia Lezcano, Lori Lowe, Nigel Maher, Daniela Massi, Jane Messina, Daniela Mihic-Probst, Douglas C Parker, Margaret Redpath, Richard A Scolyer, Christopher R Shea, Alan Spatz, Victor Tron, Xiaowei Xu, Iwei Yeh, Sook Jung Yun, Artur Zembowicz, Pedram Gerami
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly being utilized as an ancillary tool for diagnostically challenging melanocytic neoplasms. It is incumbent upon the pathology community to perform studies assessing the benefits and limitations of these tools in specific diagnostic scenarios. One of the most challenging diagnostic scenarios faced by skin pathologists involves accurate diagnosis of desmoplastic melanocytic neoplasms (DMNs). In this study, 20 expert melanoma pathologists rendered a diagnosis on 47 DMNs based on hematoxylin and eosin sections with demographic information...
April 9, 2024: American Journal of Surgical Pathology