Spitz naevus versus Spitzoid melanoma: When and how can they be distinguished?

Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-12

  Crotty, K A ^a,b,c   Scolyer, R A ^a,b   Li, L X L ^b,d   Palmer, A A ^e   Wang, L ^b   McCarthy, S W ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute   (Australia)

^e Department of Anatomical Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Atypical Spitz; Melanoma; Naevus; Nevus; Pathology; Review; Spitz naevus; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME NOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOMA; MICRODENSITOMETRY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLOIDY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036179746     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020120111212-1     Document Type: Article

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