Atypical Spitz Tumor Arising on a Congenital Linear Plaque-Type Blue Nevus
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Atypical Spitz Tumor Arising on a Congenital Linear Plaque-Type Blue Nevus: A Case Report With a Review of the Literature on Plaque-Type Blue Nevus
The plaque-type blue nevus (PTBN) is a rare variant of blue nevus, of which only a few reports are described. A nodular growth within a preexistent PTBN should always alert to the possibility of malignant transformation. The authors report the first case of an atypical Spitz tumor arising on a congenital linear PTBN in a 60-year-old woman. The diagnosis of "atypical Spitz tumor" is here used to...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Dermatopathology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0193-1091
DOI: 10.1097/dad.0000000000000282