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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 conge...
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The American Journal of Dermatopathology
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25943242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0000000000000282 |
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author | Rongioletti, Franco Guadagno, Antonio Campisi, Caterina Cabiddu, Francesco Kutzner, Heinz Parodi, Aurora Fiocca, Roberto |
author_facet | Rongioletti, Franco Guadagno, Antonio Campisi, Caterina Cabiddu, Francesco Kutzner, Heinz Parodi, Aurora Fiocca, Roberto |
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description | 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 describe a microscopic “gray zone” in which it is not possible to differentiate with adequate certainty between a Spitz nevus and a spitzoid melanoma. This report adds to and summarizes the small body of literature describing PTBN and discusses diagnostic and clinical implications. |
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spelling | pubmed-48947942016-06-21 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 Rongioletti, Franco Guadagno, Antonio Campisi, Caterina Cabiddu, Francesco Kutzner, Heinz Parodi, Aurora Fiocca, Roberto Am J Dermatopathol Extraordinary Case Report 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 describe a microscopic “gray zone” in which it is not possible to differentiate with adequate certainty between a Spitz nevus and a spitzoid melanoma. This report adds to and summarizes the small body of literature describing PTBN and discusses diagnostic and clinical implications. The American Journal of Dermatopathology 2015-12 2015-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4894794/ /pubmed/25943242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0000000000000282 Text en Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. |
spellingShingle | Extraordinary Case Report Rongioletti, Franco Guadagno, Antonio Campisi, Caterina Cabiddu, Francesco Kutzner, Heinz Parodi, Aurora Fiocca, Roberto 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 |
title | 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 |
title_full | 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 |
title_fullStr | 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 |
title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
title_short | 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 |
title_sort | 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 |
topic | Extraordinary Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25943242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0000000000000282 |
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