Recurrence of nevoid melanoma originally diagnosed as benign nevus.
We report the case of a 27 year-old woman who had a pigmented lesion in her left leg in 2004. The lesion, which was diagnosed as a congenital compound nevus, recurred four years later as an obvious melanoma.
Collina
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Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Oncology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. guido.collina@ausl.bologna.it
Reggiani
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D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018330:Nevus, Intradermal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery