Spitz nevus: A clinicopathological study of 349 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-116

  Requena, Celia ^a   Requena, Luis ^b   Kutzner, Heinz ^c   Yus, Evaristo Sánchez ^d  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Epithelioid and spindle cell nevus; Histopathology; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; HYALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TELANGIECTASIA; AGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

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

EID: 67649650126     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181934218     Document Type: Article

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