title: Angiomatoid Spitz nevus: a clinicopathological study of six cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Angiomatoid Spitz nevus is a recently described subtype of desmoplastic Spitz nevus. Six cases have been described in the literature thus far. Here, we describe six additional cases of angiomatoid Spitz nevus and provide a review of the literature on this entity. The features of classic angiomatoid Spitz nevus are described in the context of important differential diagnostic considerations, particularly regressed malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. tetzlafm@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tetzlaff
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elenitsas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D018332:Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*