Oral melanoacanthoma: Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of a case series and a scoping review.
Thalita Soares TavaresAdriana Aparecida Silva da CostaFelipe da Mata CamargosHélder Antônio Rebelo PontesCassiano Franscisco Weege NonakaPollianna Muniz AlvesElismauro Francisco de MendonçaSebastião Silvério de Sousa NetoAna Carolina Uchoa VasconcelosSandra Beatriz Chaves TarquinioPatrícia Carlos CaldeiraPublished in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2023)
Oral melanoacanthoma mainly affects women across a wide age range, with lesions commonly appearing as brown/black macules, particularly on the buccal mucosa. TRP2-positive melanocytes and T-lymphocytes were consistently found and could participate in oral melanoacanthoma pathogenesis.