Spitz nevus is relatively frequent in adults: A clinico-pathologic study of 247 cases related to patient's age

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-475

  Cesinaro, Anna Maria ^a,b   Foroni, Moira ^a   Sighinolfi, Pamela ^a   Migaldi, Mario ^a   Trentini, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Histopathology; Melanoma; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPINDLE CELL; TELANGIECTASIA; AGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644821450     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000185249.21805.d3     Document Type: Article

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