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Common Blue Nevus

MedGen UID:
83405
•Concept ID:
C0346094
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Common blue nevus of skin; Common Blue Nevus of Skin; Common Blue Nevus of the Skin
SNOMED CT: Common blue nevus of skin (254807000)

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCommon Blue Nevus

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment strategies for inferior vena cava aneurysms.
Wang M, Wang H, Liao B, Peng G, Chang G
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord 2021 Nov;9(6):1588-1596. Epub 2021 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.03.017. PMID: 33872820
ESP, EORTC, and EURACAN Expert Opinion: practical recommendations for the pathological diagnosis and clinical management of intermediate melanocytic tumors and rare related melanoma variants.
de la Fouchardiere A, Blokx W, van Kempen LC, Luzar B, Piperno-Neumann S, Puig S, Alos L, Calonje E, Massi D; ESP Dermatopathology Working Group; EORTC Melanoma Group; EURACAN
Virchows Arch 2021 Jul;479(1):3-11. Epub 2021 Jan 12 doi: 10.1007/s00428-020-03005-1. PMID: 33432480
Management of visceral vascular anomalies.
Cooke-Barber J, Dasgupta R
Semin Pediatr Surg 2020 Oct;29(5):150977. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2020.150977. PMID: 33069283

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Blue nevi of the palpebral conjunctiva: report of 2 cases and review of literature.
Suller AL, Zhao J, Hodgson NM, Erdag G, Seethala RR, Ramasubramanian A, Fu R
Orbit 2022 Oct;41(5):527-534. Epub 2022 Apr 28 doi: 10.1080/01676830.2022.2065315. PMID: 35482915
Atypical cellular blue nevus or malignant blue nevus?
Daltro LR, Yaegashi LB, Freitas RA, Fantini BC, Souza CD
An Bras Dermatol 2017 Jan-Feb;92(1):110-112. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174502. PMID: 28225968Free PMC Article
Acquired patch-type blue nevus with overlying vitiligo: a case report.
Wang P, Cheng Y, Yang H, Ran Y
Int J Dermatol 2012 May;51(5):568-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05089.x. PMID: 22515581
Blue nevi and related lesions: a review highlighting atypical and newly described variants, distinguishing features and diagnostic pitfalls.
Murali R, McCarthy SW, Scolyer RA
Adv Anat Pathol 2009 Nov;16(6):365-82. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181bb6b53. PMID: 19851128
Melanoma associated with blue nevus and melanoma mimicking cellular blue nevus: a clinicopathologic study of 10 cases on the spectrum of so-called 'malignant blue nevus'.
Granter SR, McKee PH, Calonje E, Mihm MC Jr, Busam K
Am J Surg Pathol 2001 Mar;25(3):316-23. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200103000-00005. PMID: 11224601

Diagnosis

BAP-1 Expression Status by Immunohistochemistry in Cellular Blue Nevus and Blue Nevus-like Melanoma.
Chen PL, Neishaboori N, Tetzlaff MT, Chen WS, Aung PP, Curry JL, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Hwu WJ, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA
Am J Dermatopathol 2020 May;42(5):313-321. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001551. PMID: 32310893
Blue nevus with satellitosis: case report and literature review.
Oliveira AHK, Shiraishi AFMC, Kadunc BV, Sotero PC, Stelini RF, Mendes C
An Bras Dermatol 2017;92(5 Suppl 1):30-33. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175267. PMID: 29267439Free PMC Article
Blue Nevi and Related Tumors.
Zembowicz A
Clin Lab Med 2017 Sep;37(3):401-415. Epub 2017 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2017.05.001. PMID: 28802492
Blue nevi and related lesions: a review highlighting atypical and newly described variants, distinguishing features and diagnostic pitfalls.
Murali R, McCarthy SW, Scolyer RA
Adv Anat Pathol 2009 Nov;16(6):365-82. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181bb6b53. PMID: 19851128
Hypopigmented common blue nevus.
Carr S, See J, Wilkinson B, Kossard S
J Cutan Pathol 1997 Sep;24(8):494-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01323.x. PMID: 9331895

Prognosis

Melanoma associated with congenital intermediate common blue nevus of the scalp - Case report.
Ribeiro CS, Serpa SS, Sousa MA, Jeunon T
An Bras Dermatol 2016 Jul-Aug;91(4):514-6. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164248. PMID: 27579751Free PMC Article
Malignant melanoma arising in a plaque-type blue nevus.
Sanada S, Higaki K, Torii Y, Higashi T, Yamaguchi R, Nakamura Y, Yano H
Pathol Int 2012 Nov;62(11):749-53. doi: 10.1111/pin.12000. PMID: 23121606
Multifocal blue nevus of the conjunctiva.
Berman EL, Shields CL, Sagoo MS, Eagle RC Jr, Shields JA
Surv Ophthalmol 2008 Jan-Feb;53(1):41-9. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.10.009. PMID: 18191656
Melanoma associated with blue nevus and melanoma mimicking cellular blue nevus: a clinicopathologic study of 10 cases on the spectrum of so-called 'malignant blue nevus'.
Granter SR, McKee PH, Calonje E, Mihm MC Jr, Busam K
Am J Surg Pathol 2001 Mar;25(3):316-23. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200103000-00005. PMID: 11224601
Persistent and recurrent blue nevi.
Harvell JD, White WL
Am J Dermatopathol 1999 Dec;21(6):506-17. doi: 10.1097/00000372-199912000-00002. PMID: 10608242

Clinical prediction guides

Melanoma ex blue nevus: two cases resembling large plaque-type blue nevus with subcutaneous cellular nodules.
North JP, Yeh I, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE
J Cutan Pathol 2012 Dec;39(12):1094-9. Epub 2012 Nov 12 doi: 10.1111/cup.12015. PMID: 23145498
Acquired patch-type blue nevus with overlying vitiligo: a case report.
Wang P, Cheng Y, Yang H, Ran Y
Int J Dermatol 2012 May;51(5):568-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05089.x. PMID: 22515581
Melanoma associated with blue nevus and melanoma mimicking cellular blue nevus: a clinicopathologic study of 10 cases on the spectrum of so-called 'malignant blue nevus'.
Granter SR, McKee PH, Calonje E, Mihm MC Jr, Busam K
Am J Surg Pathol 2001 Mar;25(3):316-23. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200103000-00005. PMID: 11224601
Malignant melanoma arising in a blue nevus with features of pilar neurocristic hamartoma.
Pathy AL, Helm TN, Elston D, Bergfeld WF, Tuthill RJ
J Cutan Pathol 1993 Oct;20(5):459-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1993.tb00672.x. PMID: 8300932
Electron microscopy. Ultrastructural observations of the extracellular sheath of dermal melanocytes in the nevus of Ota.
Hori Y, Ohara K, Niimura M, Kukita A
Am J Dermatopathol 1982 Jun;4(3):245-51. PMID: 7114410

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