Cutaneous Amelanotic Melanoma

Preferred Label : Cutaneous Amelanotic Melanoma;

NCIt synonyms : Amelanotic Malignant Melanoma of Skin; Amelanotic Melanoma of Skin; Amelanotic Melanoma of the Skin; Amelanotic Skin Melanoma;

NCIt related terms : Amelanotic Cutaneous (Skin) Melanoma; Amelanotic Cutaneous Melanoma;

NCIt definition : A rare cutaneous melanoma where most of the melanoma tumor cells are devoid of melanin pigment. Amelanotic melanomas are more likely to present at a more advanced stage of disease, compared with pigmented melanomas.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Details

Origin ID

C4633;

UMLS CUI

C0349515;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- skin amelanotic melanoma [DO Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Amelanotic malignant melanoma of skin (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
DO Cross reference
- skin amelanotic melanoma [DO Concept]
Disease may have findings
- HMB-45-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present [NCIt concept]
- S-100-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Integumentary System [NCIt concept]
- Skin [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Amelanotic malignant melanoma of skin (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- skin amelanotic melanoma [DO Concept]
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- CTRP Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Cellosaurus Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Melanin Pigment Present [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Melanoma Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
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- Cutaneous Involvement [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
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- Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
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- Skin Tissue [NCIt concept]
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- Skin [NCIt concept]
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- BRAF Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]

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