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We present the case of a 2-year-old boy with multiple Spitz nevi clustered on a hyperpigmented macule that obeyed a quadrant distribution. Multiple Spitz nevi are rare and can be disseminated or clustered. A third of the cases of agminated lesions appear on hyperpigmented macules.
Key words:
nevus
Spitz nevus
spindle and epithelioid cell nevus
mosaicism
Resumen
Presentamos el caso de un niño de 2 años con múltiples nevos de Spitz agrupados sobre una mácula hiperpigmentada, que seguía un patrón en cuadrante. Los nevos de Spitz múltiples son raros y pueden presentarse de forma diseminada o agrupada. Un tercio de las lesiones agrupadas puede aparecer sobre una mácula hiperpigmentada.
Palabras clave:
nevo
nevo de Spitz
nevo de células epitelioides y fusiformes
mosaicismo
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