Infiltrating giant cellular blue naevus

Infiltrating Giant Congenital Cellular Blue Nevus Of Neck Presenting As Melanoma

Blue nevus is an uncommon pigmented lesion of dermal melanocytes. By convention, two well defined histologic variants, designated as "common" and "cellular", have been recognized. These lesions have attracted much attention due to its confusion with malignant melanoma. We present a case of a giant congenital cellular blue nevus of neck clinically presenting as malignant melanoma and infiltratin...

Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome.

Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare clinical entity characterised by multiple haemangiomas commonly occurring in the skin and the gastrointestinal (Gl) tract. The association between these cutaneous cavernous haemangiomas and similar lesions in the U l tract was first described in 1860 and the acronym B R B N S was given by Bean in 1958 [ l J, Patients may present with massive GI...

A subungual blue naevus showing expansile growth.

Blue naevus with pigment network-like structure on dermoscopy.

A 58-year-old Japanese man presented with a lesion on his left forearm; a black-grey macule 4 mm in diameter that had appeared in his childhood (Fig. 1a). He worked in an office and had no history of trauma at the site of the lesion. BN and basal cell carcinoma was suspected macroscopically. On dermoscopy, however, there was a pigment network-like structure consisting of randomly arranged, blac...

Malignant melanoma associated with a blue naevus: a case report

INTRODUCTION Combined malignant naevi are characterised pathologically by the association of a melanoma with one or more different types of benign melanocytic naevi in a single lesion. CASE PRESENTATION We show here a case of malignant combined naevus made up of a blue naevus and a melanoma, presenting as a slowly progressing and asymptomatic pigmented lesion on the trunk of a 35-year-old man...