The Natural Evolution of a Pigmented Spitz-Reed Nevus in a 24 Months Dermoscopic Follow Up
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The Natural Evolution of a Pigmented Spitz-Reed Nevus in a 24 Months Dermoscopic Follow Up
The natural evolution of Spitz-Reed nevi is poorly understood, owing to the lack of studies investigating their longterm clinical evolution and the fact that most of the lesions are surgically excised. The surgical approach is indicated because of the clinical and histopathologic similarities with melanoma that may create diagnostic confusion in some cases. Hence nowadays, due to the low incide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pigmentary Disorders
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2376-0427
DOI: 10.4172/jpd.1000119