Spitz Nevus on the Perianal Area of a Child: An Unusual Location.
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Vol. 27, No. 6, 2015 787 Received August 11, 2014, Revised January 10, 2015, Accepted for publication February 26, 2015 Corresponding author: Myoung Shin Kim, Department of Dermatology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, 1342 Dongil-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01757, Korea. Tel: 82-2-950-1131, Fax: 82-2-931-8720, E-mail: etihwevol@ naver.com This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fig. 1. Spitz nevus on the perianal area: an erythematous pedunculated nodule with tiny black pigmentation anterior to the anal orifice. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.6.787
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of dermatology
دوره 27 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015