Spitz Nevus (Epithelioid or Spindle Cell Nevus)

• Figure 2.8 A: Congenital nevus B: Spitz nevus (Reprint from Laxer RM, ed. The Hospital for Sick Children: Atlas of Pediatrics. Philadelphia, PA: Current Medicine; 2005) C: Nevus spilus (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz)

  Presents as dome-shaped red-brown or tan-pink smooth surfaced papule; typically occurs within first two decades
• Pigmented, congenital, and agminated variants reported
• Histology: Kamino bodies (PAS + globules)
• Characteristic starburst dermoscopic finding in pigmented Spitz nevi