Spitzoid melanoma of childhood: a case series and review
| dc.contributor.author | Batra, Sandeep | |
| dc.contributor.department | Pediatrics, School of Medicine | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-02T15:47:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-02T15:47:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Spitzoid melanomas (SM) and atypical Spitz tumors (AST) are rare pediatric neoplasms. We performed a retrospective, single-institution review and report our institutional experience. We identified 10 patients (median age: 12.5 years). A sentinel node biopsy (SNB) was performed in 8/10 (80%) patients, and interestingly 7/8 (87.5%) were found to be positive for malignant cells. A complete regional lymphadenectomy was performed in all SNB-positive patients, but only 2/8 (25%) were found to have additional lymph node spread. Adjuvant therapy was administered in 5/8 SLNB-positive and 2/2 (100%) regional LN-positive cases. All patients had excellent long-term outcomes (100% survival). This report highlights the excellent outcomes associated with SNB + pediatric SM and AST. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Batra S. (2015). Spitzoid melanoma of childhood: a case series and review. Melanoma management, 2(2), 121–125. doi:10.2217/mmt.15.6 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/19082 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Future Science Group | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.2217/mmt.15.6 | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Melanoma Management | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.source | PMC | en_US |
| dc.subject | Long-term survival | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lymph node metastasis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sentinel lymph node biopsy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spitzoid melanoma | en_US |
| dc.subject | Variants | en_US |
| dc.title | Spitzoid melanoma of childhood: a case series and review | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |