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Blue Nevus

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Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin

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Abstract

According to the original description by Tieche [33], to which little can be added, blue nevus is a dermal-based, benign melanocytic lesion histopathologically made up by variable proportions of oval/spindle and bipolar, usually heavily pigmented dendritic cells (G. Ferrara et al., submitted) [37, 40]. The aggregation of oval/spindle melanocytes with pale cytoplasm into discrete expansile nodules features a “cellular” blue nevus [23, 37].

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Queensland Institute of Dermatology, University of Queensland, QLD 4102, Brisbane, Australia

    Hans Peter Soyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, Second University of Naples, Via Pansini 5, I-80131, Naples, Italy

    Guiseppe Argenziano

  3. Department of Dermatology, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, A-8036, Graz, Austria

    Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof

  4. Pigmented Lesion Clinic, University of Miami, School of Medicine, 33136, Miami, FL, USA

    Robert H. Johr

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(2007). Blue Nevus. In: Soyer, H., Argenziano, G., Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Johr, R. (eds) Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35106-1_12

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