N Concordance 1 ic features shared by Spitz's nevus and nodular melanoma is prominent vascularit 2 s. Usually they are differentiated from nodular melanoma by clinical and histopa 3 noma in situ, lentigo maligna melanoma, nodular melanoma, acral lentiginous mela 4 by surgical excision. The fourth type, nodular melanoma, does not have a recogn 5 re one of the most common simulators of nodular melanomas their bizarre histopat 6 ut whether the degree of vascularity of nodular melanomas differs significantly 7 d (SD +/-5.97) for Spitz's nevi whereas nodular melanomas exhibited a significan 8 re determined in 23 Spitz's nevi and 16 nodular melanomas. The number of microve 9 ignificantly higher vascularity than do nodular melanomas. Our results thus indi