A curious serendipitous finding: Spitz naevus combined with a syringoma.
Combined tumours are often a serendipitous finding. Among the spectrum of melanocytic tumours, the co-existence of different cell populations of the same lineage is a well-recognised phenomenon. Less commonly documented, but still well documented is the event of a melanocytic tumour in collision with an epithelial benign or malignant neoplasm. Exceptionally infrequent is however the collision of a Spitz naevus with an epithelial tumour. Here we report the clinical-dermoscopic and histopathological findings of a Spitz naevus occurring in collision with a syringoma.
Unit of Anatomic Pathology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Simonetta
S
Piana
Moira
M
Ragazzi
Iris
I
Zalaudek
Giuseppe
G
Argenziano
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018193:Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018332:Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018252:Syringoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery