Melanoma with features of a Spitz nevus | |
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Other names | Spitzoid melanoma |
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Spitzoid melanoma | |
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Dermatology
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Melanoma with features of a Spitz nevus, also known as a Spitzoid melanoma, is a cutaneous condition characterized histologically with tissue similar to a spitz nevus and with overall symmetry and a dermal nodule of epithelioid melanocytes that do not mature with progressively deeper dermal extension. [1]
Melanoma with features of a Spitz nevus | |
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Other names | Spitzoid melanoma |
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Spitzoid melanoma | |
Specialty |
Dermatology
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Melanoma with features of a Spitz nevus, also known as a Spitzoid melanoma, is a cutaneous condition characterized histologically with tissue similar to a spitz nevus and with overall symmetry and a dermal nodule of epithelioid melanocytes that do not mature with progressively deeper dermal extension. [1]