title: The desmoplastic melanocytic naevus: a distinct histological entity.
abstract: Fifteen cases of desmoplastic melanocytic naevi are described in 12 female and three male patients, ranging in age from 8 to 83 years. The commonest site for the lesions was the upper limb. The lesions were characterized by a dense sclerotic or desmoplastic appearance of the dermal collagen surrounding a population of predominantly epithelioid naevus cells, some of which had a bizarre but non-malignant cytology. The cause of the stromal change is not established. We suggest that these lesions constitute a discrete entity which should be described in standard textbooks of dermatopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mackie
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Doherty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*