Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkiye Klinikleri Dermatoloji, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.6-14, 2015 (Scopus)
Many benign and malign tumors of the skin are seen in childhood as in the adulthood. Malign ones are less frequently seen. The incidence of skin carcinomas (excluding melanoma and sarcomas) in different countries vary from 0.1 to 2.3 per one million population, according to the World Health Organization International Cancer Registry Association. Malign melanoma incidence is reported between 0.1-1.6 per million population in different countries but in countries like Australia and New Zealand the incidence can be as high as 3.8-4.7 per million. Malign tumors must always be considered in the differential diagnosis because although they are rarely seen, compared to the benign ones, when seen they can be highly mortal. Because of the fact that malign tumors are rarely seen, their diagnosis is difficult and proper treatment modalities cannot be constituted. That's why child patients are followed according to the protocols designed for the adult patients. Based on this, in this article, we wanted to emphasize the clinical and histopathological properties of paediatric skin tumors, so that they will be considered in the differential diagnosis.