Preferred Name

Spitz Nevus
Synonyms
Definitions

A benign, acquired or congenital, usually single skin lesion. It can occur on any area of the body, but most commonly occurs on the face of children and the thighs of young females. It is characterized by a proliferation of large spindle, oval, or large epithelioid melanocytes in the dermal-epidermal junction. The melanocytic proliferation subsequently extends into the dermis.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C27007

code

C27007

Contributing_Source

GDC

definition

A benign, acquired or congenital, usually single skin lesion. It can occur on any area of the body, but most commonly occurs on the face of children and the thighs of young females. It is characterized by a proliferation of large spindle, oval, or large epithelioid melanocytes in the dermal-epidermal junction. The melanocytic proliferation subsequently extends into the dermis.

ICD-O-3_Code

8770/0

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C168658

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C168656

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C168657

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C168655

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C168662

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C168661

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C177537

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C126659

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C157711

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C177621

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C176985

label

Spitz Nevus

Legacy Concept Name

Spitz_Spindle_Cell_Nevus

Maps_To

Juvenile melanoma

Epithelioid and spindle cell nevus

Spitz nevus

Juvenile nevus

Spindle cell nevus, NOS

8770/0

Neoplastic_Status

Benign

Preferred_Name

Spitz Nevus

prefixIRI

NCIT:C27007

prefLabel

Spitz Nevus

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C0206739

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C7571

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