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(The median citation count of Journal of Cutaneous Pathology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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Interface change in early mycosis fungoides: A potential mimicker of benign dermatoses	24
Blue Nevus‐Like Metastatic Melanoma in a Patient With Primary Lentigo Maligna Melanoma	22
Cicatricial pemphigoid Brunsting–Perry variant masquerading as neutrophil‐mediated cicatricial alopecia	22
An NTRK‐1‐associated soft tissue tumor showing distinctive nodules with peripheral accentuation of cellularity	21
Evaluation of large cellular remnants of melanocytes in the nail plate: An advancement in the correlation of diagnosis and prognosis for nail unit melanocytic lesions	19
Lichen planus pemphigoides induced by anti‐PD‐1 antibody: A case only involved in oral mucosa with excellent topical treatment efficiency	18
Cutaneous Facial Nodule: A Presenting Sign of Metastatic Pulmonary Enteric Adenocarcinoma	18
Solitary xanthoma affecting the oral mucosa: Immunohistochemical analysis and literature review	16
Compound Follicles in Folliculitis Decalvans Do Not Contain Vellus and Retained Telogen Follicles—A Pilot Histopathologic Series on Polytrichia	16
Eosinophil‐rich linear IgA bullous dermatosis induced by mRNA COVID‐19 booster vaccine	16
Neonatal lupus erythematosus presenting as a non‐bullous histiocytoid neutrophilic dermatosis	15
An examination of clinical and laboratory practices that introduce diagnostic error in biopsies for alopecia	15
Giant papillary hemangioma—A rare tumor with an exceptional size	14
Publications on the diagnostic accuracy of dermatopathology tests: A cross‐sectional quality analysis	14
Disseminated and penile mpox with histopathologic correlation: Two separate case reports	14
Adnexotropic and granulomatous mycosis fungoides following TNF‐α inhibitor treatment	14
Lymphomatoid papulosis with DUSP22–IRF4 rearrangement: A case report and literature review	14
Do histopathological features correlate with systemic manifestations in dermatomyositis? Analysis of 42 skin biopsy specimens from 22 patients	13
A rare case of cellular epithelioid hemangioma involving the penis	13
Neurofibroma with glomus‐like bodies: A novel association—Thoughts about origin	13
Superficial GLI1‐amplified mesenchymal neoplasms: Expanding the spectrum of an emerging entity which reaches the realm of dermatopathology	12
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What is in a name—Perifollicular fibroma or fibrofolliculoma?	11

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Ultrastructure abnormalities of collagen and elastin in Arab patients with arterial tortuosity syndrome	11
Neutrophilic fixed drug eruption, a histopathologic variant or an expected finding?—A report of two cases and review of the literature	11
Correction to Correlation of desmoglein 1 and 3 immunohistochemistry with autoantibody levels and clinical severity in pemphigus	11
Histopathologic Evaluation of Density and Depth of the Lymphoid Infiltrate in Clinically Defined Patches and Plaques in Early Stage Mycosis Fungoides	10
PIK3CA mutation status in apocrine carcinoma arising in apocrine gland hyperplasia/apocrine nevus: A study of four cases	10
RB1 loss in the mesenchymal component of onychomatricoma	10
PRAME immunohistochemistry can distinguish melanocytic pseudonests of lichenoid reactions from melanoma in situ	10
Telomerase reverse transcriptase immunohistochemical expression is sensitive but not specific for TERT gene amplification in acral melanoma	10
A call for nail clipping histopathology to become an essential component of the routine evaluation of melanonychia: Benefitting patients as a triage and surgical planning maneuver	9
Rethinking the Semantics of “Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ”	9
A comparative study of histopathologic features in alopecia areata and pattern hair loss	9
Atypical presentation of cutaneous meningioma	9
Cutaneous FUS::TFCP2‐Rearranged Rhabdomyosarcoma Initially Misdiagnosed as ALK‐Rearranged Mesenchymal Neoplasm: A Case Report	9
Case of recurrent superficial CD34‐positive fibroblastic tumor	9
Cutaneous atypical fibroxanthoma with osteoclast‐like giant cell: A rare phenomenon	9
Melanocytic matricoma: A report of three cases, review of the literature, and suggestion of a new terminology	9
Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath: A report of 216 cases	8
Cutaneous reactive B‐cell lymphoid proliferations	8
Application of the current diagnostic algorithm for early mycosis fungoides to a single center cohort: Identification of challenges and suggestions for modification	8
Evaluation of Heterogeneity in the Coding Region of BRAF, MAP2K1, and MAP2K2 Genes in Primary and Metastatic Melanomas	8
Reaction to Cutaneous Filler Elleva Poly‐l‐Lactic Acid: Report of Two Cases	8
Multiple papular xanthomas mimicking juvenile xanthogranulomas in an infant: A case report and review of the literature	8
Multisystem ALK‐Positive Histiocytosis With DCTN1::ALK Fusion in an Adult, Responsive to Alectinib: Case Report and Literature Review	8
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Primary localized cutaneous lichen myxedematosus with light chain‐restricted plasma cells: A distinct variant of the localized form of lichen myxedematosus	7
Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the external auditory canal with a CRTC1::MAML2 fusion: A case report and a review of literature	7
A case of excisionally remitted indolent NK‐cell enteropathy in the oral cavity and a mini‐review	7
Utility of the pattern‐based approach using BIOCHIP‐indirect immunofluorescence in the evaluation of subepidermal bullous disorders	7
A cutaneous spindle cell neoplasm characterized by a COL3A1::PDGFRA fusion	7
Detection of antibody‐coatedMucor in skin biopsy by direct immunofluorescence	7
Clear cell variant of atypical fibroxanthoma and pleomorphic dermal sarcoma: Molecular characterization and review of the literature	7
MAP2K1‐mutated melanocytic tumors have reproducible histopathologic features and share similarities with melanocytic tumors with BRAFV600E mutations	7
Hematoxylin–Eosin Histology for Detection of Dermatophytosis: A Retrospective Cohort Selection Diagnostic Accuracy Study	7
Acquired Perforating Dermatosis After Herpes Zoster: Wolf Isotopic Response	6
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Postherpetic granulomatous dermatitis occurring in the setting of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A case report	6
Genomic and Transcriptomic Characterization of Protein Kinase C Fusion Melanocytic Neoplasms With Distinctive Hypopigmented Histomorphology: A Single‐Institution Study	6
Lichen‐planus‐pemphigoides‐like reaction to PD‐1 checkpoint blockade	6
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Unusual Morphologic Presentation of Perineural Spread From Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis Aided by Comprehensive Molecular Analysis and Machine Learning	6
Analysis of interobserver reproducibility in grading dysplastic nevi: Results of the application of the 2018 World Health Organization grading criteria	6
Utility of a Combination of Histopathological and Flow Cytometric Analyses for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Involvement of GATA3⁺ Peripheral T‐Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified	6
Fusion‐driven cutaneous and superficial mesenchymal and adnexal tumors—A clinicopathologic and molecular study of 15 cases, including a novel case of ACTB::ZMIZ2‐rearranged adnexal carcinoma	6
The Association of Interleukin‐36 Staining Intensity and Response to Biologic Therapy in Patients With Psoriasis: A Retrospective Immunohistochemical and Chart Review Pilot Study	6
PRAME Immunohistochemistry Fails to Highlight Persistent (Recurrent) Melanocytic Nevi	6
Clinical, Serologic, and Histopathologic Features of Patients With Pemphigus With Either Positive or Negative IgG4 Intercellular Deposition by Direct Immunofluorescence (DIF): A	6

Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Role in MGH Pigmented Lesion Clinic—50 Years Ago (1973)	6
USP6 rearrangement in pediatric nodular fasciitis	6
Trends in authorship in the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 1981–2020	6
Cutaneous rhabdomyosarcoma with FUS::TFCP2 fusion: A case report emphasizing early detection	6
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Role of Targeted Sequencing in Routine Diagnostics of Spitz Melanocytic Neoplasms—An Analysis of 70 Cases	5
Concomitant nivolumab‐associated Grover disease and bullous pemphigoid in a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma	5
Introducing a novel histopathological scoring system to assess disease activity and chronicity in cutaneous lichen planus: A proposal	5
Extensive cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis after Sinopharm vaccine: Case report and review of the literature	5
A novel method to assess copy number variations in melanocytic neoplasms: Droplet digital PCR for precise quantitation of MYC and MYB genes	5
Hypopigmented Junctional BAP1‐Inactivated Melanocytoma: A Paradigm Shift	5
Martin C. Mihm, Jr. and Dermatopathology Education at Harvard Medical School	5
A rare case of cutaneous myxoma with trichofolliculoma‐like features	5
Histopathologic and molecular characterization of BAP‐1‐inactivated melanoma	5
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Ductal differentiation: A rare phenomenon in Merkel cell carcinoma	5
A rare form of metastatic breast carcinoma mimicking lymphangioma circumscriptum	5
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with clindamycin in a patient with Hailey–Hailey disease	5
Immune cell subsets in interface cutaneous immune‐related adverse events associated with anti‐PD‐1 therapy resemble acute graft versus host disease more than lichen planus	5
Large Congenital Melanocytic Nevus With LMNA::NTRK1 Fusion: Expanding Targeted Therapy Options for Congenital Nevi and Melanoma	5
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Malignant myopericytoma: Case report and review of the literature	5
Clinicopathologic Features of Penile Ulceration in Malignant Atrophic Papulosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature	5
Combined Merkel cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with lymph node metastases: Report of two cases	5
Onychomatricoma is not a subtype of superficial acral fibromyxoma: Can immunohistochemistry help in the differential diagnosis?	5
Extramammary myofibroblastoma of the oral cavity	5
An Unusual, Symmetric Rash on Both Forearms in a 94‐Year‐Old Patient A Clinicopathological Challenge and Diagnostic Pitfall	5
Dermatofibroma‐like dermal non‐neural granular cell tumor	4
A case of cutaneous syncytial myoepithelioma with extensive adipocytic metaplasia: Usefulness of EWSR1‐PBX3 gene fusion analysis	4
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Metastatic triple‐negative breast carcinoma mimicking melanoma: A potential diagnostic pitfall	4
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis with dermatomyositis‐like features: A case report with dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy findings	4
Multiple palisaded encapsulated neuromas presenting as cobblestoned plaques over palms and oral cavity	4
Sporadic fumarate hydratase‐deficient cutaneous leiomyomatosis	4
Atrophy of sebaceous lobules in facial discoid dermatosis: a link to psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis?	4
Neutrophilic Panniculitis Secondary to BRAF and MEK Inhibitor Therapy to Treat Stage IIIa Cutaneous Melanoma	4
Eosinophilic homogeneous intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies: Unique viral cytopathic changes associated with epidermodysplasia verruciformis and human papillomavirus type 49	4
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Myofibroblast stroma differentiation in infiltrative basal cell carcinoma is accompanied by regulatory T‐cells	4
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Extrusion of pilosebaceous units into blisters of patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus in El Bagre, Colombia, South America	4
NTRK expression is common in xanthogranuloma and is associated with the solitary variant	4
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the vulva: Rare tumor with unusual clinical presentation	4
Asymptomatic CD34⁺ plaque on the scalp of a child	4
Cutaneous malakoplakia arising on the ankle of a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum	4
Widespread purplish‐red plaques with plasma cell infiltrate: A rare type of lichen planus	4
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Complex sweat gland hamartoma: A case report	4
Porocarcinoma with YAP1‐NUTM1 fusion presenting as a NUT immunohistochemistry‐positive lymph node metastasis	4
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Artificial intelligence and frozen section histopathology: A systematic review	4
Nivolumab‐induced localized genital bullous pemphigoid in a 60‐year‐old male	4
Response to Critical Insights on the Article: Colloid Bodies in Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical and Histologic Correlates—An Analysis of 405 Cases	4
Null T‐cell phenotype mycosis fungoides with aberrant CD20 and CD56 expression: A diagnostic dilemma	4
Ancillary Tools for the Diagnosis of CIC‐Rearranged Sarcoma: A Comprehensive Review	4
Clonal B‐cell proliferations developing in the background of primary cutaneous CD4⁺ small/medium T‐cell lymphoproliferative disorder: A case series	4
A Rare Case of Bullous Melanoma With Subepidermal Separation	4
A rare case of papular‐purpuric “gloves and socks” syndrome associated with influenza	4
Clinicohistopathologic challenges and traps in the diagnosis of nail unit melanoma	3
Atretic cephalocele and encephalocele: A single‐institution clinicopathological study	3
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Re: “Rethinking the Semantics of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ”	3
Granulomatous secondary syphilis: Another diagnostic pitfall for the dermatopathologist	3
Penile extramammary Paget disease associated with urothelial carcinoma in situ: Case report and literature review	3
Line‐field confocal optical coherence tomography of lentigo maligna with horizontal and vertical histopathologic correlations	3
Myelodysplasia cutis masquerading as granulomatous dermatitis	3
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A rare case of metastatic osteoblastic osteosarcoma to the scalp	3
Contact Dermatitis of the Scalp Also Demonstrates Sebaceous Gland Atrophy	3
In memoriam: John Terrence Headington (1930‐2021)	3
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Cutaneous metastasis of mixed neuroendocrine, sarcomatous, and squamous rectal carcinoma mimicking a Merkel cell polyomavirus‐negative Merkel cell carcinoma	3
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The diagnostic accuracy of Gram stain on formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded sections of skin tissue in the diagnosis of bacterial skin infection	3
Subungual Epidermoid Inclusions–A Series of 8 Cases and a Review of Literature	3
Underreporting of perforating osteoma cutis: A call for recognition and diagnostic consistency	3
Optical coherence tomography for presurgical delineation of basal cell carcinomas on the face—A comparison with histopathology	3
A novel case of cutaneous myxoid spindle cell neoplasm with FMR1‐ALK gene fusion and CD34/S100 co‐expression	3
Proliferative Neurocristic Hamartoma Arising From a Congenital Melanocytic Nevus: A Case Report	3

Clinical and Histopathological Insights Into Lupus Miliaris Disseminatus Faciei: A Review of 70 Cases	3
Demographics of U.S. Dermatopathology Fellowship Applicant Interviewees: A Single Institution Descriptive Analysis	3
Eccrine Coil Elastosis: A New Dermatopathological Feature Associated With Prediabetes and Diabetes	3
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Recurrence of an erythrodermic mycosis fungoides as a biologically indolent anaplastic large T‐cell lymphoma initially misdiagnosed as being of donor origin	3
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The Free Sign in morphea and other sclerosing disorders: A clue to the presence of early sclerosis?	3
Merkel cell carcinoma in a young man with AIDS‐related Kaposi sarcoma	3
Skin Tumors Associated With Cutaneous HPV Infection	3
Mucinous nevus with adipose tissue: A potential association with nevus lipomatosus superficialis	3
Carcinosarcoma Arising in an Eccrine Spiradenoma and Presenting With Metastasis: Case Report and Literature Review	3
Presence and Propensities of Cutaneous Immunofluorescence in ANCA‐Associated Vasculitis	3
Pacinioma of Lumbosacral Skin in Closed Spinal Dysraphism	3
The presence of RSPO4‐expressing onychofibroblasts in the onychodermis	3
NONO::TFE3 fusion cutaneous epithelioid and spindle cell tumor: A case series	3
Cutaneous Rosai–Dorfman disease with MAP2K1 mutation, initially mimicking an infection with parasitized histiocytes	3
Bilateral axillary plaques	3
Atypical Type 2 Lepra Reaction Masquerading as Recurrent Sweet Syndrome	3
Line‐Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of Psoriasis With Histopathology Correlation	3
The Spectrum of Cutaneous Granulomatous Inflammation and Detection of Rubella Virus in Skin Biopsies of Patients With Common Variable Immune Deficiency	3
Microsecretory adenocarcinoma of the skin, a novel type of sweat gland carcinoma: Report of three additional cases	3
Lymphocytic vasculitis in livedoid vasculopathy: A report of 137 cases	3
Incidental acantholysis in a case of bullous pemphigoid—A diagnostic quandary	3
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“Sebaceous holes”: A clue to the diagnosis of nevus sebaceus	3
Focal epidermodysplasia‐verruciformis‐like pathologic changes in skin neoplasms	3
Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis leading to a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia with monocytic differentiation: A case report and literature review	3
A puzzling case of multiple asymptomatic nodules over scalp—A case report	3
Recurrent inverse necrotizing infundibular crystalline folliculitis	3
CD56 and smooth muscle actin immunoreactivity in basal cell carcinomas: Are they indicators of differentiation or do they hold a diagnostic use?	3
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BRAF V600E immunohistochemistry as a useful tool in the diagnosis of melanomas with ambiguous morphologies and immunophenotypes	3
Mutational profile of the KIT gene and its heterogeneity in primary and metastatic melanomas	3
Primary cutaneous natural killer/T‐cell lymphoma presenting as sacrococcygeal and perianal ulcers	3
PRAME expression in melanocytic lesions of the nail	2
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Apocrine cystadenoma: A long‐standing apocrine hidrocystoma with an adenomatous proliferation	2
Cutaneous inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with CARS‐ALK fusion: Case report and literature review	2
Myelodysplasia cutis and VEXAS syndrome initially diagnosed as histiocytoid Sweet syndrome: A diagnostic pitfall	2
A rare case of primary cutaneous malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor and review of the literature	2
Graft‐versus‐host disease‐associated angiomatosis with striking lipomatous metaplasia	2
Blasts with folded nuclei: A histopathologic finding in myeloid leukemia cutis with NPM1 and FLT3 mutations	2
Rare Concomitant Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Patient With Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides	2
Histopathologic features and immunohistochemistry findings to assist the dermatopathologist in differentiating melanocytic matrical carcinoma from melanoma	2
Determining the utility of IgA immunohistochemistry for the diagnosis of IgA vasculitis	2
A pilot study of p53 immunohistochemistry in atypical squamous lesions, using a vulvar scoring system	2
Development of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus may be associated with plasmacytoid dendritic cell inflammation	2
Clinicopathologic and genetic characterization of invasive melanoma with BRAFV600K mutation: A study of 16 cases	2
Characteristics of amelanotic acantholytic‐like melanoma resembling squamous cell carcinoma	2
Giant cell collagenomas associated with Cowden syndrome: A case report	2
Correlating clinical and laboratory diagnostic modalities in the diagnosis of epidermolysis bullosa in a resource‐poor setting	2
Use of UV mutational signatures to distinguish between cutaneous and pulmonary primary squamous cell carcinoma	2
Spitz‐Type Proliferative Nodules Arising Within a Large Congenital Melanocytic Nevus Harboring a Novel LMNA‐RAF1 Fusion	2
CRTC1::MAML2‐Positive Hidradenoma With Sebaceous Differentiation	2
A case of cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy associated with multiple myeloma and with a pathogenic variant of the glucocerebrosidase gene	2
Novel Histopathologic Features of Extramammary Paget's Disease in Metastatic Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma to the Esophagus	2
Recurrent papulonodular herpes zoster, with syringitis, folliculitis, and vasculitis as clues to the diagnosis	2
Fibroadenoma of the vulva with pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: A common neoplasm in uncommon site	2
The dilemma of primary γδ epidermotropic T‐cell lymphoma: Distinction from mycosis fungoides, signs of cytotoxicity, and need for more detailed analysis	2
Correction to “Diverse landscape of dermatologic toxicities from small‐molecule inhibitor cancer therapy”	2
Case of a CIC::DUX4 fusion gene in a vascular neoplasm extends the spectrum of CIC‐rearranged sarcomas	2
Hemostatic aluminum fails to stain by the EBER‐ISH method	2
Primary Cutaneous Peripheral T‐Cell Lymphoma With Follicular Helper T‐Cell Phenotype	2
Diagnostic discordance among histopathological reviewers of melanocytic lesions	2
Nodule on the posterior calf with unusual melanocytic and neural findings	2
Primary cutaneous lymphoproliferations in the gray zone between marginal zone lymphoma and CD4⁺ small/medium T‐cell lymphoproliferative disease	2
Unusual isolated cytomegalovirus cutaneous infections: A subtle histopathologic diagnosis with review of the literature	2
Cutaneous Gamna‐Gandy bodies: An unusual case of dystrophic calcification	2
Histopathologic features predictive of perivascular deposition of IgA on direct immunofluorescence in cases of leukocytoclastic vasculitis: A retrospective study of 112 specimens	2
Histopathologic features of necrobiosis lipoidica	2
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Histopathological features of human mpox: Report of two cases and review of the literature	2
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Impact of the adjunction of a short video to an original article for the recognition of newly described tumor entities in pathology: An interventional prospective study	2
Microreticular perineurioma: A new morphological subtype of a rare entity	2
Diagnostic utility of PRAME expression by immunohistochemistry in subungual and non‐subungual acral melanocytic lesions	2
Clinical, pathological, and molecular correlation of folliculocystic and collagen hamartoma: A new potential diagnostic criterion for tuberous sclerosis complex?	2
Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders: Back to the future	2
Clinical, pathologic, and molecular analyses of superficial low‐grade fibromyxoid sarcoma in two young patients: A rare and deceptive mimic of benignancy	2
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Extensive Leg Ulcers in a Patient With Monoclonal Gammopathy	2
EWSR1::NR4A3 gene fusion in a cutaneous atypical myoepithelial neoplasm	2
Cutaneous lupus‐erythematosus‐like reaction arising after COVID‐19 vaccination	2
Primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoproliferative disorder following COVID‐19 vaccination	2
Invasive squamous cell carcinoma within a plaque of circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis	2
Diagnostic utility of direct immunofluorescence test panels for cutaneous vasculitis: A scoping review	2
The Overlapping Clinicopathological Presentations of Pityriasis Lichenoides and Mycosis Fungoides	2
Toxic epidermal necrolysis‐like cutaneous toxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy in recurrent large B‐cell lymphoma	2
Distant metastasis from morphologically low‐grade spiradenocarcinoma: A report of two cases	2
Reconsideration of the pathogenic significance of kinase gene fusion in melanocytic tumors based on a case of melanoma with non‐in‐frame BICD1::BRAF fusion	2
Primary Cutaneous Neoplasm With Rhabdomyosarcomatous Differentiation and a Melanoma‐Like Mutational Landscape	2
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