Spitz Nevus, Spitz Tumor, and Spitzoid Melanoma. A Comprehensive Clinicopathologic Overview.

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 589-598

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Gianotti, Raffaele ^b   Cavicchini, Stefano ^c   Salviato, Tiziana ^d   Zalaudek, Iris ^e,f   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^f  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d Santa Maria Degli Angeli Community Hospital   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical Spitz nevus; Dermoscopy; Histopathology; Spitz nevus; Spitz tumor; Spitzoid melanoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

BRAF GENE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; ONCOGENE H RAS; ONCOGENE N RAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPITZOID MELANOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ATYPICAL SPITZ NEVUS; DERMOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; SPITZ NEVUS; SPITZ TUMOR; SPITZOID MELANOMA;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884683220     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2013.06.012     Document Type: Review

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