C Longo, S Piana, A Marghoob, S Cavicchini, P Rubegni, C Cota, G Ferrara, A M Cesinaro, A Baade, P L Bencini, F Mantoux, Z P Mijuskovic, M A Pizzichetta, I Stanganelli, C Carrera, G L Giovene, S Ranasinghe, I Zalaudek, A Lallas, E Moscarella, F Specchio, P Pepe, G Pellacani, G Argenziano
BACKGROUND: Naevoid melanoma (NeM), a rare variant of melanoma, can be difficult to detect as its clinical and histopathological morphology can simulate a naevus. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and dermoscopic features associated with NeM. METHODS: Lesions with a histopathological diagnosis of NeM were collected via an e-mail request sent to all members of the International Dermoscopy Society. All lesions were histopathologically reviewed and only lesions fulfilling a set of predefined histopathological criteria were included in the study and analysed for their clinical and dermoscopic features...
April 2015: British Journal of Dermatology