Synonym(s)
Pseudomelanoma; recurrent melanocytic nevus
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
After superficial, incomplete removal of a melanocytic nevus, formation of dark, initially dot-shaped, later flat, mostly bizarrely configured, dark brown spots and stripes in the scar.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Spreading in a scar, usually splattered or striped, sharply defined, deep brown to black, bizarre, asymmetrical pigmentation; usually developing within a few weeks.
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HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Image of the junctional nevus in combination with scar structures in the dermis.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Excision.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Dyer PV, Eveson JW (1993) Recurrent compound naevus of gingiva. J Periodontol 64: 739-741
- Goldenhersh MA et al (1992) Recurrent melanocytic nevi after Solcoderm therapy: a new cause of pseudomelanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 27: 1012-1013
- Harvell JD et al (2002) Persistent (recurrent) Spitz nevi: a histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular pathologic study of 22 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 26: 654-661
- Hoang MP et al (2001) Recurrent melanocytic nevus: a histologic and immunohistochemical evaluation. J Cutan cathode 28: 400-406
- Sexton M, Sexton CW (1991) Recurrent pigmented melanocytic nevus. A benign lesion, not to be mistaken for malignant melanoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 115: 122-126
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