title: Recurrence of nevoid melanoma originally diagnosed as benign nevus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Oncology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. guido.collina@ausl.bologna.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Collina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reggiani
mesh_terms: 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