title: Palatal blue nevus in a child.
abstract: The intraoral blue nevus occurs infrequently in children. This case report describes the clinical features of an acquired blue nevus in a 7 year-old girl that involved the palatal mucosa. A differential diagnosis and justification for surgical excision of this oral lesion are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center Dental Branch, USA. cflaitz@mail.db.uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Flaitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McCandless
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000473:pathology*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*