Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell
"Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A benign compound nevus occurring most often in children before puberty, composed of spindle and epithelioid cells located mainly in the dermis, sometimes in association with large atypical cells and multinucleate cells, and having a close histopathological resemblance to malignant melanoma. The tumor presents as a smooth to slightly scaly, round to oval, raised, firm papule or nodule, ranging in color from pink-tan to purplish red, often with surface telangiectasia. (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D018332
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.665.560.615.625.585
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell" by people in Profiles.
-
The dermal-based borderline melanocytic tumor: a categorical approach. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2010 Mar; 62(3):469-79.