Spitzoid Melanoma: A Ten Year-Old Boy
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2008
Yazarlar: Kılınç Karaarslan, İşıl, Türkmen, Meltem, Ürkmez, Aslı, Karaca, Nezih, Taner AKALIN, Özdemir, Fezal
DergiPark (Istanbul University), Uluslararası, 2008
Özet
Spitzoid melanoma is a rare variant of melanoma, in which the clinical and histopathologic diagnoses are difficult. Data on the features of Spitzoid melanoma in children is limited in the literature, since melanoma is rarely seen in childhood. Here, we report a 10 year-old child with a Spitzoid melanoma. By the means of this case, it has been emphasized that melanoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of vascular lesions even seen in childhood, unless the clinical and dermoscopic features are characteristic for an entity. (Journal of Current Pediatrics 2008; 6: 127-9)