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Dermoscopy of a Spark’s nevus

Spark’s nevus is a particular type of melanocytic nevus that on histology shows features of both Spitz’s and Clark’s nevus. Clinically, it is an asymmetric, irregular, multicolored, pigmented lesion that is not clearly distinguishable from melanoma or dysplastic (Clark’s) nevus. Dermoscopic features...

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Autores principales: Biondo, Giovanni, Gnone, Matteo, Sola, Simona, Pastorino, Carlotta, Massone, Cesare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Derm101.com 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5955080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29785330
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0802a11
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author Biondo, Giovanni
Gnone, Matteo
Sola, Simona
Pastorino, Carlotta
Massone, Cesare
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description Spark’s nevus is a particular type of melanocytic nevus that on histology shows features of both Spitz’s and Clark’s nevus. Clinically, it is an asymmetric, irregular, multicolored, pigmented lesion that is not clearly distinguishable from melanoma or dysplastic (Clark’s) nevus. Dermoscopic features have not been described yet, and one could speculate that they are similar to those of Clark’s nevi because the histopathologic architecture of Spark’s nevus is similar to that of a Clark’s nevus, resembling Spitz’s nevi in the epithelioid morphology of melanocytes. We present a 32-year-old woman with a Spark’s nevus, who upon dermoscopy showed a pronounced atypical network with accentuation of the blue veil and mostly peripheral dots.
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spelling pubmed-59550802018-05-21 Dermoscopy of a Spark’s nevus Biondo, Giovanni Gnone, Matteo Sola, Simona Pastorino, Carlotta Massone, Cesare Dermatol Pract Concept Articles Spark’s nevus is a particular type of melanocytic nevus that on histology shows features of both Spitz’s and Clark’s nevus. Clinically, it is an asymmetric, irregular, multicolored, pigmented lesion that is not clearly distinguishable from melanoma or dysplastic (Clark’s) nevus. Dermoscopic features have not been described yet, and one could speculate that they are similar to those of Clark’s nevi because the histopathologic architecture of Spark’s nevus is similar to that of a Clark’s nevus, resembling Spitz’s nevi in the epithelioid morphology of melanocytes. We present a 32-year-old woman with a Spark’s nevus, who upon dermoscopy showed a pronounced atypical network with accentuation of the blue veil and mostly peripheral dots. Derm101.com 2018-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5955080/ /pubmed/29785330 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0802a11 Text en ©2018 Biondo et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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