Spindle an/or epithelioid cells nevi in pediatric age: are they different from those of adults? A clinical review of 187 cases
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2011
Citazione:
Spindle an/or epithelioid cells nevi in pediatric age: are they different from those of adults? A clinical review of 187 cases / R. Betti, C. Crosti, L. Moneghini, S. Ghiozzi, E. Crespi, G. Redaelli, S. Menni. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI DERMATOLOGIA E VENEREOLOGIA. - ISSN 0392-0488. - 146:2(2011 Apr), pp. 89-93.
Abstract:
AIM: Spindle and/or epithelioid cells nevi represent the spectrum of a clinico-pathologic entity with different characteristics. Aim of the study is to provide information about the differences in characteristics of these nevi for different groups of age.
METHODS: Two different groups are considered: younger than 15 years and older than 15 years. An analysis of 187 spindle and/or epithelioid cells nevi was performed. Forty-five pediatric patients (24 males and 21 females) and 142 adult patients (44 males and 98 females) were examined. Age, sex, type of nevus, location, clinical characteristics were evaluated.
RESULTS: Spindle and epithelioid cells nevi were observed in 53% of the pediatric and in 45% of adult patients. Female more frequently presented with spindle nevus cell both in pediatric (56%) and in adult (70%) cases. In pediatric patients, the anatomical distribution was prevalent in the areas of the head and neck. Pigmentation was not a distinctive feature of pediatric cases and only interested the spindle and epithelioid cells nevi. The regularity of borders was not a distinctive character for neither of the groups of patients. Uniformity in color occurred more frequently in pediatric patients.
CONCLUSION: Spindle and/or epithelioid nevi belong to the same spectrum of pathologies, they behave differently in the different groups of age thus permitting a certain degree of clinical distinction in different age groups
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Epithelioid cells; Nevus; Nevus, spindle cell; Skin neoplasms
Elenco autori:
R. Betti, C. Crosti, L. Moneghini, S. Ghiozzi, E. Crespi, G.L. Redaelli, S. Menni
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