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Spitz naevus: diagnostic problems and their management implications

Date

Authors

Scolyer, R

Thompson, John

Jain, Sanjiv

Dahlstrom, Jane

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Spitz naevus is an uncommon, benign melanocytic neoplasm that shares many clinical and histological features with melanoma. While Spitz naevi typically occur in children and melanomas typically occur in adults, either tumour can occur in a patient of any

Keywords

Keywords: article; benign tumor; cell type; cytoarchitecture; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic error; differential diagnosis; histopathology; human; human tissue; image analysis; juvenile melanoma; malignant transformation; melanoma; practice guideline; skin biopsy; Atypical Spitz naevus; Atypical Spitz nevus; Melanoma; Naevus; Nevus; Pathology; Skin; Spitz naevus

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87433

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Pathology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1080/00313020412331285318

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