Skin Blue Nevus

Preferred Label : Skin Blue Nevus;

NCIt synonyms : Cutaneous Blue Nevus;

NCIt definition : An intradermal nevus characterized by the presence of benign pigmented dendritic spindle-shaped melanocytes. It most frequently occurs in the skin of the distal upper extremities, followed by the lower extremities, scalp, face, and buttocks. It usually presents as a single blue or blue-black papular lesion that is less than 1cm in diameter. Simple excision is usually curative.;

Neoplastic status : Benign;

Details

Origin ID

C208328;

Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Melanoma Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- HMB-45-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present [NCIt concept]
- S-100-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Integumentary System [NCIt concept]
- Skin [NCIt concept]
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- Atypia [NCIt concept]
- Dysplasia [NCIt concept]
- Epidermal Involvement [NCIt concept]
- Invasive Lesion [NCIt concept]
- Junctional Proliferation [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
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- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
- Nevus Cell [NCIt concept]
- Spindle Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Cutaneous Involvement [NCIt concept]
- Dermal Involvement [NCIt concept]
- Melanin Pigment Present [NCIt concept]
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- Melanocyte [NCIt concept]
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- Dermis [NCIt concept]
- Skin Tissue [NCIt concept]
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- Skin [NCIt concept]
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- CYSLTR2 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- GNA11 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- GNAQ Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- PLCB4 Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]

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