title: Blue nevus with satellitosis mimicking malignant melanoma.
abstract: Blue nevus rarely develops a malignant melanoma. The loss of the regular border and the development of satellite lesions are ominous clinical indicators of the malignant change. A case is presented in which both of these clinical features--irregular border and satellite lesions--were present, but no malignant change was observed histopathologically. To our knowledge, such a single nodule with satellite lesions mimicking malignant melanoma has not been described previously.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Hospital de Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: del Río
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Vázquez Veiga
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Suárez Peñaranda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*