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Melanotic Schwannoma
A rare, circumscribed, non-encapsulated and grossly pigmented variant of schwannoma. It is composed of cells with the immunophenotypic and electron microscopic features of Schwann cells which contain melanosomes and are positive for melanoma markers. (NCI Thesaurus)
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