Batra Sandeep
Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Melanoma Manag. 2015 May;2(2):121-125. doi: 10.2217/mmt.15.6. Epub 2015 May 18.
Spitzoid melanomas (SM) and atypical Spitz tumors (AST) are rare pediatric neoplasms. We performed a retrospective, single-institution review and report our institutional experience. We identified 10 patients (median age: 12.5 years). A sentinel node biopsy (SNB) was performed in 8/10 (80%) patients, and interestingly 7/8 (87.5%) were found to be positive for malignant cells. A complete regional lymphadenectomy was performed in all SNB-positive patients, but only 2/8 (25%) were found to have additional lymph node spread. Adjuvant therapy was administered in 5/8 SLNB-positive and 2/2 (100%) regional LN-positive cases. All patients had excellent long-term outcomes (100% survival). This report highlights the excellent outcomes associated with SNB + pediatric SM and AST.
斯皮茨样黑色素瘤(SM)和非典型斯皮茨肿瘤(AST)是罕见的儿科肿瘤。我们进行了一项回顾性单机构研究并报告我们机构的经验。我们确定了10例患者(中位年龄:12.5岁)。10例患者中有8例(80%)进行了前哨淋巴结活检(SNB),有趣的是,8例中有7例(87.5%)发现有恶性细胞阳性。所有SNB阳性患者均进行了完整的区域淋巴结清扫,但仅8例中的2例(25%)发现有额外的淋巴结转移。5例SNB阳性和2例(100%)区域淋巴结阳性病例接受了辅助治疗。所有患者均有出色的长期预后(100%存活)。本报告强调了SNB + 儿科SM和AST相关的出色预后。