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Pedunculated Atypical Cellular Blue Nevus
Author(s) -
Ryou JiHo,
Lim TukWoo,
Lee MuHyoung,
Haw ChoongRim
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02267.x
Subject(s) - blue nevus , dermis , nevus , pathology , atypia , biopsy , skin biopsy , medicine , asymptomatic , dermatology , melanoma , cancer research
Atypical variants of cellular blue nevus are considered to have features intermediate between typical cellular blue nevus and rare malignant blue nevus; they usually show bizarre pleomorphic cells which have prominent nucleoli. We describe a 37‐year‐old‐Korean woman who had had an asymptomatic pedunculated single mass on her right thigh for 17 years. A skin biopsy showed a tumor consisting of intensely pigmented dendritic cells and less or nonpigmented epitheloid cells in the dermis with striking atypia. There has been no evidence of recurrence for 3 years after surgery. The diagnosis of atypical cellular blue nevus was made on the basis of clinical features and skin biopsy findings.