Spitzoid malignant melanoma in teenagers: An entity with no better prognosis than that of other forms of melanoma

Histopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 448-453

  Fabrizi, G ^a   Massi, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Melanoma; Spitz naevus; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDERMIS; EXUDATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPITZOID MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034837352     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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