Synonym(s)
Combination nevus
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Combination of a melanocytic nevus with a blue nevus.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Characteristics of the blue nevus. Frequently a brown, dermal melanocytic nevus contains circumscribed blue-black parts of varying size, which clinically give rise to suspicion of malignancy.
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HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Combination of a compound or dermal type melanocytic nevus with a blue nevus. This is characterized by a focal proliferation of dendritic or spindle, pigment-rich melanocytes, some of which are located in individual formations, some of which are irregularly grouped in a fibrosed area in the dermis. Mostly also numerous melanophages in this area.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Usually excision and histological control, as clinically often difficulties to distinguish from malignant melanoma.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Gerger A et al (2003) Diagnostic imaging of melanocytic skin tumors. J Cutan Pathol 30: 247-252
- Hofmann U et al (1992) Grouped and combined blue nevi. dermatologist 43: 517-519
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