Pediatric atypical spitzoid neoplasms: A review with emphasis on 'Red' ('Spitz') tumors and 'Blue' ('Blitz') tumors

Dermatology

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^d   Savarese, Imma ^b   Scalvenzi, Massimiliano ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atypical Spitz nevus tumor; Dermoscopy; Histopathology; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTOSIS; PEDIATRIC ATYPICAL SPITZOID NEOPLASM; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954235170     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000300093     Document Type: Review

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