Spitz nevi and other Spitzoid lesions: Part I. Background and diagnoses

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1073-1084

  Luo, Su ^a,c   Sepehr, Alireza ^d,e   Tsao, Hensin ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical Spitz tumor management; natural history; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; JUVENILE MELANOMA; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 81155151308     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.04.040     Document Type: Review

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