Blue Nevus: Classical Types and New Related Entities

González‐Cámpora, Ricardo; Galera-Davidson, H; Vázquez-Ramírez, Francisco Javier; Díaz‐Cano, Salvador

doi:10.1016/s0344-0338(11)80402-4

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“…Blue nevi are an uncommon dermal melanocyte tumor that have attracted attention due to occasionally having a similar clinical presentation to malignant melanoma (8). Malignant melanoma often appear as brown-black nodules, with the "ABCDE" mnemonic commonly used as diagnostic criteria for biopsy: asymmetry, irregular borders, variegated color, diameter > 6 mm, and enlargement of the lesion (9).…”

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Common blue nevus with satellitosis on the scalp

Shah¹

2017

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SummaryBlue nevi are benign tumors of dermal melanocytes. They are typically dark blue to grey-black papules or nodules with well-defined borders. Within the spectrum of blue nevi there are several subtypes. In this case, we present a 71-year-old African American female who presented with a blue-black macule on the scalp concerning for a melanoma. After a shave biopsy, there was dark black pigmentation at the base of the biopsy specimen with areas of satellite pigmentation, a presentation that caused concern for transient metastases of a melanoma. However, histopathological examination of the lesion showed a banal appearing blue nevus with skip areas, no evidence of atypical melanocytes or mitotic activity, thus a diagnosis of blue nevus with satellitosis was rendered. To our knowledge, this is the 6 th reported case of blue nevus with satellitosis mimicking malignant melanoma.KEY WORDS: blue nevi; melanoma; satellitosis; atypical nevus.

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Common blue nevus with satellitosis on the scalp

Shah¹

2017

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“…They displayed a biphasic pattern with less cellular areas of narrow spindle or dendritic, highly pigmented melanocytes admixed with areas composed of tightly packed, larger, spindle to ovoid cells with ample, pale cytoplasm containing little melanin. Because no cellular pleomorphism or mitotic activity was present and no necrotic areas were seen this lesion could be distinguished from melanoma or MBN [1,7,16].…”

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“…The patient had an acquired blue nevus of her sternum and anterior chest that had appeared at the age of ten and slowly enlarged through age 16. It had been stable in size and appearance since then.…”

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Giant cellular blue nevus of the anterior chest wall mimicking metastatic melanoma to the breast: A case report

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“…A BN appears clinically as a small, smooth-surfaced, blue papule on the head, neck, distal extremities or buttocks. Various classes of BN have been described, and include black-blue nevi, cellular BN, sclerosing BN and polychromatic BN [52]. Cellular BN are benign neoplasms that are large, blue-black lesions measuring 1-3 cm in diameter [53].…”

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