Spitz nevi in the classic histopathological pattern - Lamb in wolf's clothing

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-95

  Verardino, Gustavo Costa ^a   Rochael, Mayra Carrijo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epithelioid and spindle cell; Nevi and melanomas; Nevus; Pathology

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACANTHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL COMPONENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHROMASIA; HYPERGRANULOSIS; JUVENILE MELANOMA; KAMINO BODY; KERATOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR PLEOMORPHISM; ORTHOKERATOSIS; PARAKERATOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922383575     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153310     Document Type: Article

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