- Most common in children
- Not a cancer (named only for it's similarity of histology to Melanoma)
- Increased vascular supply gives the lesion its color
- Excise due to histologic similarities to Melanoma
- Alert pathologist to the gross examination findings suggestive of Spitz Nevus
- Habif (2003) Clinical Dermatology, 4th ed.. Mosby, p. 773-813