Spitz nevus versus Spitzoid melanoma: Diagnostic difficulties, conceptual controversies

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Mooi, Wolter J ^a   Krausz, T ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood melanoma; Metastasis; Spitz nevus; Spitzoid melanoma

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPITZOID MELANOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748147442     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-200607000-00001     Document Type: Review

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