title: Sclerosing 'mucinous' blue naevus.
abstract: Abundant mucin deposition is an unusual finding in melanocytic naevi. We describe the first example, to our knowledge, of a sclerosing blue naevus with an abundant mucinous stroma in two unrelated patients. This uncommon variant of blue naevus should be differentiated from desmoplastic-neurotropic melanoma, in which the presence of mucin stromal deposition is a more typical finding.
authors.affiliation: Section of Dermatology and Centre of Dermatopathology, DISEM, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. grongioletti@libero.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rongioletti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Innocenzi
mesh_terms: D003713:Dendritic Cells; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008544:Melanocytes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000378:metabolism*; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins