Desmoplastic nevus: clinicopathologic keynotes.
We describe 3 cases of desmoplastic nevus with special emphasis on some repetitive dermoscopic and histopathologic features, which-if confirmed on larger series-could allow to identify desmoplastic nevus as a specific clinicopathologic entity within the spectrum of acquired melanocytic nevi.
Ferrara
Gerardo
G
Gaetano Rummo General Hospital, Benevento, Italy. gerardo.ferrara@libero.it
Brasiello
Marcella
M
Annese
Pietro
P
Francione
Sabrina
S
Giorgio
Caterina M
CM
Moscarella
Elvira
E
Zalaudek
Iris
I
Argenziano
Giuseppe
G
D000328:Adult; D046169:Dermoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009506:Nevus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D018332:Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*