Pseudogranulomatous spitz nevus: A variant of Spitz nevus with heavy inflammatory infiltrate mimicking a granulomatous dermatitis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-335

  Marco, Vicente Sabater ^a   Mũnoz, Begõna Escutia ^b   Faet, Arturo Morera ^c   Roig, Manuel Mata ^a   Estrada, Rafael Botella ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c Hospital Casa de Salud Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

HRAS; Pseudogranulomatous Spitz nevus; Ranulomatous dermatitis; Regression of melanocytic nevus

Indexed keywords

HRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN S 100;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HRAS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOGRANULOMATOUS SPITZ NEVUS; REGRESSION OF MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

GRANULOMATOUS DERMATITIS; HRAS; PSEUDOGRANULOMATOUS SPITZ NEVUS; REGRESSION OF MELANOCYTIC NEVUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHILD; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893876547     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12011     Document Type: Article

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