Little Patients, Big Issues: Something About Rapidly Growing Nodular Spitzoid Lesions in Childhood

Ilenia Marafioti; Maria Lentini; Carmelo Romeo; Serafinella P. Cannavò; Mario Vaccaro

doi:10.5826/dpc.1102a24

Little Patients, Big Issues: Something About Rapidly Growing Nodular Spitzoid Lesions in Childhood

Authors

Ilenia Marafioti Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Italy
Maria Lentini Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Italy
Carmelo Romeo Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Childhood Gaetano Barresi, University of Messina, Italy
Serafinella P. Cannavò Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Italy
Mario Vaccaro Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Italy

Keywords:

Spitz nevus, spitzoid neoplasms, children, dermoscopy, surgery

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