Clinical features and outcomes of spitzoid proliferations in children and adolescents.
Diana W BartensteinJ M FisherC StamoulisC WeldonJ T HuangS E GellisM G LiangB SchmidtE B HawrylukPublished in: The British journal of dermatology (2019)
Spitz tumours have strikingly benign outcomes in the paediatric population, although this study is limited by the low number of melanomas and restriction to a single paediatric institution. Aggressive management recommendations should be reconsidered for children and adolescents with banal-appearing Spitz naevi, based on the clinically indolent behaviour in this cohort.