MELANOMA ARISING IN SEGMENTAL NEVUS SPILUS

  • Victoria Guiote Assitente Hospitalar do Serviço de Dermatologia/Consultant, Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital Santo André, Leiria, Portugal; Doutorada pela Faculdade de Medicina de Granada, Espanha
  • Henrique Oliveira Assistente Graduado do Serviço de Dermatologia/Graduated Consultant, Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital Militar, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Cristina Amado Assistente Graduada do Serviço de Anatomia-Patológica/Graduated Consultant, Pathology, Hospital Santo André, Leiria, Portugal
  • Fernanda Cunha Directora do Serviço de Anatomia-Patológica/Director, Pathology Department, Hospital Santo André, Leiria, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.71.4.210
Keywords: Dermoscopy, Melanoma, Nevus, pigmented, Skin neoplasms

Abstract

Nevus Spilus, also known as “nevus on nevus”, speckled lentiginous or zosteriform nevus, is considered an uncommon variant of melanocytic nevus, occurring with a frequency of 1-2%. Malignant melanoma arising in nevus Spilus is a rare event with 31 reports in medical literature since 1970. Authors report a case of a 66-year-old woman with malignant melanoma arising in a congenital nevus Spilus.

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Published
2014-07-06
How to Cite
Guiote, V., Oliveira, H., Amado, C., & Cunha, F. (2014). MELANOMA ARISING IN SEGMENTAL NEVUS SPILUS. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 71(4), 497-500. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.71.4.210
Issue
Vol 71 No 4 (2013): Outubro - Dezembro
Section
Dermatoscopy Article

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