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These single-patient findings provide descriptive evidence of lesion-associated mTORC1-related molecular features and support pathway-level profiling in atypical CMN, without establishing disease-specific mTORC1 hyperactivation or causality for the\n                    <jats:italic>TSC2<\/jats:italic>\n                    variant.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2026.1962371","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]],"date-time":"2026-10-02T04:38:13Z","timestamp":1790915893000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Case Report: Melanocyte-associated mTORC1-related molecular features in an atypical large congenital melanocytic naevus"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ruize","family":"Tang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People\u2019s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong 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