The Spitzoid lesion: Rethinking Spitz tumors, atypical variants, 'Spitzoid melanoma' and risk assessment

Modern Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Barnhill, Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Spitz nevus; Spitz tumor

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA; MUTATION; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RISK ASSESSMENT; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 31644433984     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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