Angiomatoid Spitz nevus: A clinicopathological study of six cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-476

  Tetzlaff, Michael T ^a,b   Xu, Xiaowei ^a   Elder, David E ^a   Elenitsas, Rosalie ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 6 Founders Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOID SPITZ NEVUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS RATE; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61449153960     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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