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Nevus, Blue

Known as: Blue Skin Nevus, Blue Nevus of the Skin, nevus blue 
Usually a benign tumor, that commonly presents as a solitary blue nodule with spindled MELANOCYTES covered by smooth SKIN. Several variants have been… 
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Blood supply aspectsBody tissueCarney Complex, Type 1Dermis

Narrower (2)

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndromeCellular Blue Nevus

Broader (1)

Melanocytic nevus

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Review
1998
Review
1998
Malignant blue nevus: three new cases and a review of the literature.
Three patients with malignant blue nevus are reported-one on the right side of the body, one on the right arm, and one on the… 
1998
1998
Malignant blue nevus of the scalp.
A 70-year-old woman had noticed, at the age of 30, a single blue nodule of about 1 cm in size on her scalp. The lesion remained… 
1994
1994
Agminate-type combined nevus consisting of a common blue nevus with a junctional Spitz nevus.
Descriptions of multiple blue nevi in an agminated distribution are rare. Combined nevi consisting of blue nevi with other nevoid… 
1990
1990
Congenital common blue nevus.
To the Editor.— Blue nevi are usually acquired small pigmented lesions most often located over the extremities or scalp… 
1987
1987
Locally invasive cellular blue nevus of the scalp.
: The cellular blue nevus, although benign by accepted pathological criteria, may behave in an aggressive fashion. Distant… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Nodal and subcutaneous cellular blue nevi. A pseudometastasizing pseudomelanoma.
A 20-year-old white woman had extensive surgery for "metastatic melanoma" of the dorsum of the right foot and surgical removal of… 
1983
1983
Target blue nevus.
• In two cases of target blue nevi of the foot, both lesions displayed a distinctive concentric pigmentary variation. This… 
1983
1983
Blue nevus of the uterine cervix. An ultrastructural study of two cases.
Two cases of blue nevus of the uterine cervix were studied ultrastructurally. Both were incidental findings in hysterectomy… 
1980
1980
Multiple and agminated blue nevi.
Agminated blue nevi are rare lesions that may be congenital or acquired. A case is reported in which they developed in an adult… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
MACROMOLECULAR CHANGES IN PIGMENTARY DISORDERS.
The special cytoplasmic organelle, melanosome, formed in the Golgi region, is the site of melanin synthesis. Under electron… 
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