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Melanoma can develop in a blue nevus, just as it can in any other type of nevus, with the possible exception of Spitz nevus. In order to make a diagnosis of melanoma arising in a blue nevus, the basic histological characteristics of the latter must be recognizable at the periphery of the lesion, or (a less satisfactory situation) a previous biopsy should unequivocally show a benign blue nevus.
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Massi, G., LeBoit, P.E. (2014). Melanoma Arising in Blue Nevus. In: Histological Diagnosis of Nevi and Melanoma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37311-4_41
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