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Spitz nevus

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Spitz nevus.
Spitz nevus
Epithelioid and/or spindle-cell–nevomelanocytic nevus A benign compound nevus on the face of children and young adults Clinical Average 8 mm in diameter and present in various guises–eg, a smooth elastic, pink-tan papule that flattens with external pressure, lightly pigmented papule, nevus or nevi arising in a large congenital nevomelanocytic nevus, in clusters, etc Treatment Excision


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Tartisma Spitzoid lezyonlar, bir ucunda Spitz nevus, diger ucunda ise Spitzoid melanom, arada ise atipik Spitz nevus, atipik Spitzoid tumor veya malignite potansiyeli bilinmeyen Spitzoid tumor (Spitzoid tumor of uncertain malignant potential, STUMP) olarak degisik sekillerde isimlendirilen hem Spitz nevus hem de melanomun ozelliklerini tasiyan vakalarin bulundugu bir spektrum olarak kabul edilebilir (8).
We report a woman with a hyalinizing Spitz nevus and review the clinical characteristics, histologic features, and differential diagnosis of this lesion.
Constituent tumor cells are monomorphic and bland and may resemble the cells of a conventional melanocytic nevus or the epithelioid elements of a Spitz nevus.
 
 
 
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