Pediatric Plantar Malignant Melanoma, Subungual Melanoma, and Spitzoid Melanoma: A Case Series of Rare Pediatric Melanomas.

Aaron Cheng, Katelyn Cornelius, David Cotter, Thuy L Phung, Rodrigo Valdes Rodriguez, Emily M Becker, Katie Wiggins-Dohlvik, Richard Thomson, Aaron Sugalski

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Aaron ChengMr. Cheng is with the Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Katelyn CorneliusDr. Cornelius is with the Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida.

David CotterDr. Cotter is with Las Vegas Dermatology and the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thuy L PhungDr. Phung is with the Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Rodrigo Valdes RodriguezDr. Valdes Rodriguez is with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Emily M BeckerDr. Becker is with the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Katie Wiggins-DohlvikDr. Wiggins-Dohlvik is with the Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Richard ThomsonDr. Thomson is with the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Aaron SugalskiDr. Sugalski is with the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

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Abstract

In this article, we describe 3 distinct subtypes of pediatric melanoma with atypical clinical features and unique molecular testing, suggesting de novo tumor development, treated surgically.

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