title: Malignant melanoma arising from an intradermal nevus.
abstract: A case of malignant melanoma apparently arising from the lower portion of a preexisting intradermal hairy nevus is presented. This case is an exception to the general rule that if malignant melanomas arise from nevi they originate in nevi with a junctional component.
authors.affiliation: Dermatopathology Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Okun
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bauman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*