:Pigmented spindle cell nevus

{{Short description|Benign skin tumor}}

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| name = Pigmented spindle cell nevus

| synonyms = Pigmented spindle cell tumor of Reed, pigmented variant of Spitz nevus

| image = Pigmented spindle cell nevus - low mag.jpg

| caption = Micrograph of a pigmented spindle cell nevus (top of image). H&E stain.

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| field = Dermatology

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A pigmented spindle cell nevus is a skin condition characterized by a dark brown to black macule or papule, usually less than 6 mm.{{cite book |author1=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |pages=1730–2 |isbn=1-4160-2999-0 }}

It was characterized in 1975.{{cite book|author=James J. Nordlund|title=The pigmentary system: physiology and pathophysiology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CtdwxA4NtnQC&pg=PA1093|access-date=17 May 2011|year=2006|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|isbn=978-1-4051-2034-0|pages=1093–}}{{Cite journal | last1 = Reed | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Ichinose | first2 = H. | last3 = Clark | first3 = WH. | last4 = Mihm | first4 = MC. | title = Common and uncommon melanocytic nevi and borderline melanomas. | journal = Semin Oncol | volume = 2 | issue = 2 | pages = 119–47 |date=Jun 1975 | PMID = 1234372 }}