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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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2010
2010
Molecular Analysis of a Case of Nevus of Ota Showing Progressive Evolution to Melanoma With Intermediate Stages Resembling Cellular Blue Nevus
Nevus of Ota is a variant of congenital nevus, which is morphologically paucicellular and resembles a common blue nevus. Although… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
“Atypical” Blue Nevus, “Malignant” Blue Nevus, and “Metastasizing” Blue Nevus: A Critique in Historical Perspective of Three Concepts Flawed Fatally
The same errors that spawned, sustained, and continue to spur the notions of “atypical” Spitz’s nevus, “malignant” Spitz’s nevus… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Amelanotic blue nevus: a variant of blue nevus.
Blue nevi are typically heavily melanized. We report a variant of blue nevus that is minimally pigmented. Of the 1,358 blue nevi… 
1997
1997
Hypopigmented common blue nevus
Blue nevus is a benign pigmented lesion of dermal melanocytes with a number of histologic and clinical variants, of which the… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Histologic Classification of the Combined Nevus: Analysis of the Variable Expression of Melanocytic Nevi
The designation combined nevus gives recognition to mixed cytologic patterns. In the common variant, plump, pigmented spindle… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Plaque‐type blue nevus combined with lentigo (nevus spilus)
Three cases of plaque‐type blue nevus accompanied with lentigo‐like changes were reported. The combination of blue nevus and… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Eruptive blue nevi.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
A cellular and malignant blue nevus: A light and electron microscopic study
A rare malignant blue nevus resected from the back of a 34‐year‐old Caucasian woman is reported. Histopathologic examination… 
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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