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==General==
==General==
*Benign.
*Uncommon.
*Uncommon.
*Women<ref name=pmid8463457/> in teens & 20s.
*Women (M:F = 1:1.4<ref name=pmid8463457/>).
*Usually 20s or teens.


Note:
*It was previously considered a variant of [[Spitz nevus]].<ref name=pmid21605093>{{cite journal |author=Webber SA, Siller G, Soyer HP |title=Pigmented spindle cell naevus of Reed: a controversial diagnostic entity in Australia |journal=Australas. J. Dermatol. |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=104–8 |year=2011 |month=May |pmid=21605093 |doi=10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00743.x |url=}}</ref>
==Gross==
==Gross==
Features:<ref name=pmid8463457>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sau | first1 = P. | last2 = Graham | first2 = JH. | last3 = Helwig | first3 = EB. | title = Pigmented spindle cell nevus: a clinicopathologic analysis of ninety-five cases. | journal = J Am Acad Dermatol | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 565-71 | month = Apr | year = 1993 | doi =  | PMID = 8463457 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid8463457>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sau | first1 = P. | last2 = Graham | first2 = JH. | last3 = Helwig | first3 = EB. | title = Pigmented spindle cell nevus: a clinicopathologic analysis of ninety-five cases. | journal = J Am Acad Dermatol | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 565-71 | month = Apr | year = 1993 | doi =  | PMID = 8463457 }}</ref>