spitz nevus
MONDO:0044793Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names spitz nevus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0044793), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (3)
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: spitz nevus
- Also called
- benign juvenile melanomajuvenile nevusspindle and/ or epithelioid cell Nevus