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Agminated blue nevus - Case report
- Source :
- Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, Vol 91, Iss 5, Pp 658-660 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2016.
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Abstract
- Abstract: Blue nevi are benign melanocytic lesions located in the deeper reticular dermis, consequence of failure of melanocytic migration into the dermal-epidermal junction from the neural crest. Lesions are usually asymptomatic and solitary, but may present in a multiple or agminated (grouped) pattern. The agminated subtype is formed when bluish-pigmented lesions cluster together in a well-defined area. Lesions can be flat or raised. We report the case of a patient who presented multiple bluish macules (1-3 mm in diameter) grouped on the left upper back. Dermoscopy and anatomic pathological examination were consistent with blue nevus.
- Subjects :
- Melanocytes
Nevus, Blue
Nevi and Melanomas
Dermatology
RL1-803
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 03650596 and 18064841
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.193695ef9c084cdaa593d81f4a612f5b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164448