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'''Spitz nevus''', also known as ''epithelioid and spindle-cell nevus''', is an uncommon [[melanocytic lesion]] that can be difficult to differentiate from [[malignant melanoma]]. | |||
==General== | |||
*May be very difficult to differentiate from [[melanoma]]. | |||
Epidemiology: | |||
*Children & adolescents. | |||
Treatment: | |||
*Complete excision.<ref name=pmid12140468>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gelbard | first1 = SN. | last2 = Tripp | first2 = JM. | last3 = Marghoob | first3 = AA. | last4 = Kopf | first4 = AW. | last5 = Koenig | first5 = KL. | last6 = Kim | first6 = JY. | last7 = Bart | first7 = RS. | title = Management of Spitz nevi: a survey of dermatologists in the United States. | journal = J Am Acad Dermatol | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 224-30 | month = Aug | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12140468 }}</ref> | |||
==Gross== | |||
*Usually face ''or'' extremity.<ref name=Ref_Derm449>{{Ref Derm|449}}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP499>{{Ref WMSP|499}}</ref> | |||
*Architecture: | |||
**Nests of cells (spindle, epithelioid or spindle/epithelioid) - in both dermis and epidermis. | |||
***Nests are vertically arranged, i.e. the long axis of the nests are perpendicular to the skin surface. | |||
****Nest arrangement/orientation described as "cluster of bananas". | |||
*+/-Hyperkeratosis (more keratin, i.e. thick stratum corneum). | |||
*+/-Hypergranulosis (thick stratum granulosum). | |||
*+/-[[Acanthosis]] (thick stratum spinosum). | |||
*Kamino bodies (also written ''Camino bodies'') - dense eosinophilic bodies.<ref name=PMC2797485>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kirkwood | first1 = John M. | last2 = Jukic | first2 = Drazen | last3 = Averbook | first3 = Bruce J. | last4 = Sender | first4 = Leonard S. | title = Melanoma in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients | journal = Semin Oncol. | volume = 36 | issue = 5 | pages = 419-31 | month = October | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID = | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797485/?tool=pmcentrez |PMC = 2797485 }}</ref> | |||
**Apoptotic cells. | |||
**Kamino bodies are rare in melanoma. | |||
Notes: | |||
*'''Never''' in the setting of [[solar elastosis]].<ref>Jakubovic, H. 16 July 2010.</ref> | |||
**If there is solar elastosis -- it's melanoma. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Malignant melanoma]] - so-called ''Spitzoid melanoma''. | |||
*[[Pigmented spindle cell nevus of Reed]]. | |||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Spitz_nevus_-_low_mag.jpg | Spitz nevus - low mag. (WC) | |||
Image:Spitz_nevus_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Spitz nevus - intermed. mag. (WC) | |||
Image:Spitz_nevus_-_high_mag.jpg | Spitz nevus - high mag. (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
www: | |||
*[http://www.drmihm.com/cases/case.cfm?CaseID=51 Spitz nevus - collection of images (drmihm.com)]. | |||
*[http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/getpic-fra.cfm?id=006734 Spitz nevus with arrow to camino body (unibas.ch)]. | |||
==IHC== | |||
*HMB-45 -ve at deep aspect. | |||
*Ki-67 low. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Melanocytic lesions]]. | |||
*[[Malignant melanoma]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|2}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Melanocytic lesions]] | |||