Nodular lesions arising in a large congenital melanocytic naevus in a newborn with eruptive disseminated Spitz naevi

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1138-1142

  Feito Rodriguez M ^a   De Lucas Laguna, R ^a   Bastian, B C ^b   LeBoit, P ^b   Gonzalez Beato M J ^a   Lopez Gutierrez J C ^a   Requena, L ^c   Pizarro, A ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Instituto Madrileno de Oncologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NEWBORN; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856442970     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10502.x     Document Type: Article

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