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BENIGN LESIONS MASQUERADING AS MALIGNANT MELANOMA; HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPOSTER


CELLULAR BLUE NEVUS


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Dermal/subcutaneous nodular proliferation with bulbous inferior portion

Cells extend around adnexal structures

Lack of significant atypia, low mitoses (<2/sq mm)

Biphasic pattern:

Oval-fusiform melanocytes in compact nests/fascicles (>1/3 of cells)

Dendritic melanocytes/heavily pigmented macrophages