title: Spitz nevus of the genital mucosa.
abstract: We herein report an 11-year-old girl who came to our clinic with a swelling on the genital area of 2 months duration. Dermatological examination of the patient was performed and a pigmented lesion was found on the inner surface of the labium majus of the mucosa. The lesion was well circumscribed and approximately 1 cm in diameter, with homogenous color distribution. The patient was diagnosed as Spitz nevus on the basis of clinical and histopathological findings. Our case is probably the first reported case of Spitz nevus localized to the genital mucosa in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey. polatmualla@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mualla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Mehmet Ata
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Topcuoglu
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tahtaci
authors.forename: Asli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hapa
authors.forename: Fahri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018332:Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery