Blue nevus is a benign melanocytic lesion, typically asymptomatic and of unknown
etiology. Many histological subtypes are recognized, the most commons being:
common blue nevus, cellular blue nevus, and combined blue nevus. New rare
variants have been described in the literature, with emphasis on eruptive blue
nevus, plaque, agminate, linear, with satellitosis, disseminated, familial and
targetoid. The diagnosis of blue nevus usually presents no difficulties,
however, the presence of structures such as irregular edges or satellitosis, are
highly suggestive of malignancy, and the differential diagnosis with malignant
blue nevus and melanoma with peripheral spread should be considered. We report a
case of blue nevus with satellitosis in a 15-year-old female patient.
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