Familial Atypical Multiple Mole Melanoma Syndrome at Medical Glossary

What is it? FAMMM syndrome. An inherited condition marked by the following: (1) one or more first- or second-degree relatives (parent, sibling, child, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, or uncle) with malignant melanoma; (2) many moles, some of which are atypical (asymme

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