2008
DOI: 10.4137/cpath.s508
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Sclerosing ‘Mucinous’ Blue Nevus: A Clinical Simulator of Dermatofibroma

Abstract: Abundant mucin deposition is an unusual fi nding for melanocytic lesions. This notion, however, should be toned down since mucin may be present in distinct melanocytic lesions. Indeed, following the fi rst description of mucin depositions in neural differentiated naevi by Maize and Ackerman in 1987 1 this phenomenon was repeatedly observed. 2,3,4,5 Especially in blue naevi mucin deposition is a peculiar observation. For blue naevi 5 variants are distinguished to avoid the misdiagnosis of melanoma with stromal … Show more

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