Melanoma resembling blue nevus.

Authors

  • Mariam Rolón

Keywords:

melanoma, nevus, diagnosis

Abstract

A case of a 19 years old woman, with a pigmented nodule in external right side of thigh it has just beginning. The histopatholgy biopsy reported melanoma resembling blue nevus in order to recognize this condition an histological manifestations  are described.

Author Biography

Mariam Rolón

Dermatopatóloga del Instituto Nacional de Cancerología.

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Rolón M. Melanoma resembling blue nevus. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 5 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];16(1):49-50. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/101

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Published

2019-02-05

How to Cite

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Rolón M. Melanoma resembling blue nevus. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 5 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];16(1):49-50. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/101

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