title: Selected benign cutaneous lesions that may simulate melanoma histologically.
abstract: As cutaneous melanomas manifest a wide spectrum of clinical and pathologic presentations, several other lesions enter into their differential diagnosis. This article considers those entities, including melanocytic hyperplasia, cellular nodules in congenital nevi, atypical lentiginous melanocytic proliferations, "special site" nevi, epithelioid histiocytoma, neurothekeoma, cellular schwannoma, and proliferating scars.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Room 3020, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0214. Electronic address: mrw9c@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wick
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Differential diagnosis; Melanocytic lesions; Melanoma; Mesenchymal tumors of skin; Nevus variants