Problematic Lesions in Children

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 535-547

  Moscarella, Elvira ^a   Piccolo, Vincenzo ^b   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Lallas, Aimilios ^a   Longo, Caterina ^a   Castagnetti, Fabio ^a   Pizzigoni, Stefania ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^a,c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atypical spitz tumor; Childhood; Congenital nevi; Melanocytic nevi; Melanoma; Spitz nevi

Indexed keywords

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ATYPICAL SPITZ TUMOR; CHILDHOOD; CONGENITAL NEVI; MELANOCYTIC NEVI; MELANOMA; SPITZ NEVI;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884701850     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2013.06.003     Document Type: Review

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