Sheridan C, O'Connor MC, Sitton B, Bass J, Shahwan KT, Carr DR. Nevus Spilus With Dermatoheliosis: A Histologic Mimicker of Melanoma in Situ at Melanoma Excision Margins.
Am J Dermatopathol 2023;
45:e83-e85. [PMID:
37462160 DOI:
10.1097/dad.0000000000002493]
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
Nevus spilus, or speckled lentiginous nevus, is a relatively common lesion that presents at birth or in early childhood. It consists of a background tan patch, which appears similar to a café au lait macule or lentigo simplex on histology, studded with various types of nevi. Rarely, these nevi can undergo malignant transformation to melanoma. When melanoma develops within a heavily photodamaged nevus spilus, evaluating excision margins may be challenging because the combined histologic features of nevus spilus and severe dermatoheliosis can mimic melanoma in situ. We report a case of an elderly man with extensive sun damage who developed malignant melanoma within an occult nevus spilus, resulting in multiple excisions with false-positive margins.
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