Proliferative nodules of undifferentiated spindle cells arising in a large congenital melanocytic naevus

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Christou, Elizabeth M ^a   Chen, Andrew Chih Chieh ^b   Sugo, Ella ^a   Barbaric, Draga ^a   Wargon, Orli ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

congenital melanocytic naevus; neurocutaneous melanocytosis; proliferative nodule; undifferentiated spindle cell

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MYOGENIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MELA; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LARGE CONGENITAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MITOSIS INDEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATIVE NODULES; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE; BACK; BUTTOCK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

BACK; BUTTOCKS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 84899123664     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.12017     Document Type: Article

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