title: Nodal melanocytic nevus with balloon-cell change (nodal balloon-cell nevus).
abstract: Most nodal nevi are intracapsular and present the morphology of conventional nevi; less frequently, they show the appearance of common and cellular blue nevi. We report a case of an nodal capsular, trabecular and intraparenchymal melanocytic nevus with balloon-cell change in a patient with a malignant melanoma which arose in a pre-existing cutaneous giant congenital nevus, showing balloon-cell degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Dermatopathology Section, Pigmented Skin Lesions, S. M. Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy. cylaur@tin.it
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004416:Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*