title: Desmoplastic nevus: clinicopathologic keynotes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gaetano Rummo General Hospital, Benevento, Italy. gerardo.ferrara@libero.it
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brasiello
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Annese
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Francione
authors.forename: Caterina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Giorgio
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moscarella
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zalaudek
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Argenziano
mesh_terms: 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*