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Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features

Background: SPARK nevus represents a little-known and characterized entity, with few case series available in the literature. Methods and results: we present a case series of 12 patients (6 F and 6 M) between January 2005 and December 2020 and conduct a review of the current literature. Ten articles...

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Autores principales: Cimmino, Antonietta, Cazzato, Gerardo, Colagrande, Anna, Maiorano, Eugenio, Lospalluti, Lucia, Ingravallo, Giuseppe, Resta, Leonardo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34940032
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8040055
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author Cimmino, Antonietta
Cazzato, Gerardo
Colagrande, Anna
Maiorano, Eugenio
Lospalluti, Lucia
Ingravallo, Giuseppe
Resta, Leonardo
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Cazzato, Gerardo
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Maiorano, Eugenio
Lospalluti, Lucia
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description Background: SPARK nevus represents a little-known and characterized entity, with few case series available in the literature. Methods and results: we present a case series of 12 patients (6 F and 6 M) between January 2005 and December 2020 and conduct a review of the current literature. Ten articles were selected on the basis of the adopted inclusion criteria and the PRISMA guidelines. Conclusions: The definition of histopathological and dermoscopic criteria are important to allow for an agreement to be reached among dermopathologists, and for the development of a consensus on higher case studies. To our knowledge, there are not many case series in the literature, and ours is part of the attempt to increase the knowledge of an entity that remains little-known and characterized.
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spelling pubmed-87004672021-12-24 Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features Cimmino, Antonietta Cazzato, Gerardo Colagrande, Anna Maiorano, Eugenio Lospalluti, Lucia Ingravallo, Giuseppe Resta, Leonardo Dermatopathology (Basel) Article Background: SPARK nevus represents a little-known and characterized entity, with few case series available in the literature. Methods and results: we present a case series of 12 patients (6 F and 6 M) between January 2005 and December 2020 and conduct a review of the current literature. Ten articles were selected on the basis of the adopted inclusion criteria and the PRISMA guidelines. Conclusions: The definition of histopathological and dermoscopic criteria are important to allow for an agreement to be reached among dermopathologists, and for the development of a consensus on higher case studies. To our knowledge, there are not many case series in the literature, and ours is part of the attempt to increase the knowledge of an entity that remains little-known and characterized. MDPI 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8700467/ /pubmed/34940032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8040055 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cimmino, Antonietta
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Resta, Leonardo
Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features
title Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features
title_full Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features
title_fullStr Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features
title_full_unstemmed Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features
title_short Spitz Nevus with Features of Clark Nevus, So-Called SPARK Nevus: Case Series Presentation with Emphasis on Cytological and Histological Features
title_sort spitz nevus with features of clark nevus, so-called spark nevus: case series presentation with emphasis on cytological and histological features
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8700467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34940032
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dermatopathology8040055
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