Compound blue nevus: A misleading pigmented melanocytic tumor [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Compound blue nevus had clinical and histological similarities with other heavily pigmented melanocytic tumor, like the pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma. Distinctive genomic aberrations have allowed differentiating it.
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Nodal Cellular Blue Nevus in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: A Case Report With Emphasis on Avoiding Misdiagnosis of This Important Mimicker of Metastatic Melanoma. [PDF]
J Cutan PatholABSTRACT Melanoma arising in blue nevus (MBN) is a rare, aggressive malignancy that can develop from a preexisting blue nevus or resemble a cellular blue nevus without a clear precursor. We present a diagnostically challenging case of MBN on the foot of a 13‐year‐old female, with two sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) showing heavily pigmented cells within ...
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Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, 2023 Melanoma arising in blue nevus, also known as melanoma ex blue nevus, is a specific form of melanoma whose genetic profile is different to that of other cutaneous melanomas and surprisingly similar to that of uveal melanoma.
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Cancer, 1991 To elucidate the histologic features and biologic behavior of malignant blue nevus (MBN), 12 cases were analyzed in which the tumor showed no junctional activity and arose in a blue nevus background. Seven patients were men and five were women; their mean age was 48.8 years.
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A Rare Case of Multifocal Prostatic Blue Nevus [PDF]
Case Reports in Urology, 2018 Prostatic blue nevus is a rare benign pathologic diagnosis most commonly diagnosed incidentally on many different types of prostate specimens. Blue nevus is the deposition of stromal melanin characterized by spindle cells within the fibromuscular stroma ...
Elias J. Farran +4 more
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The usefulness of c-Kit in the immunohistochemical assessment of melanocytic lesions [PDF]
European Journal of Histochemistry, 2011 C-Kit (CD117), the receptor for the stem cell factor, a growth factor for melanocyte migration and proliferation, has shown differential immunostaining in various benign and malignant melanocytic lesions.
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Congenital plaque-type blue nevus on the palm of the right hand: a rare case report [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsPlaque-type blue nevus (PTBN) is a rare variant of blue nevus that mostly involves the breast, head, neck, trunk, and, rarely, the hand and palm. In this study, we report a rare case of congenital PTBN involving the right palm since birth.
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Unusual melanoma of the scalp with blue nevus-like features and local metastasis: A case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019 We present an unusual case of melanoma in a 76-year-old female covering approximately 80% of her scalp. Partial sampling of the lesion revealed focal blue nevus-like features at the microscopic level.
Sheenagh JK George +2 more
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Metastatic melanoma with features of blue nevus and tumoral melanosis identified during pembrolizumab therapy [PDF]
JAAD Case Reports, 2017 Metastatic melanoma may exhibit clinical or histologic features of blue nevus. Pembrolizumab therapy is associated with regression and tumoral melanosis.
Matthew F. Helm, MD +3 more
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Cellular Blue Nevus Diagnosed following Excision of Melanoma: A Challenge in Diagnosis [PDF]
Case Reports in Pathology, 2016 A case of a 41-year-old woman with a history of nodular melanoma (NM), associated with an indurated dome-shaped blue-black nodule with a diameter of 1.2 cm in the gluteal region, is presented.
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