Junctional Spitz Tumor (Nevus) of the Upper Lip

Evangelia P. Piperi; Konstantinos I. Tosios; Alexandra Sklavounou; Eric Stich; Ioannis G. Koutlas

doi:10.1007/s12105-013-0510-8

Junctional Spitz Tumor (Nevus) of the Upper Lip

Evangelia P. Piperi, Konstantinos I. Tosios, Alexandra Sklavounou, Eric Stich, Ioannis G. Koutlas

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

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Abstract

Spitz tumor (nevus) is a rare, melanocytic lesion that primarily affects children and adolescents. The lesion may share many clinical and histological similarities with malignant melanoma and careful microscopic examination is required to render the proper diagnosis. Complete excision with close follow-up is considered the appropriate treatment. Despite the common presentation of Spitz nevi on the facial skin, lip involvement has only rarely been described in the English language literature. In the present study, a case of Spitz tumor located on the vermilion border of the upper lip in a 16-year old female patient is reported.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	354-358
Number of pages	5
Journal	Head and Neck Pathology
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-013-0510-8
State	Published - Sep 2014

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Lip
Melanoma
Spitz tumor
Vermilion border

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