Deep penetrating nevus of cheek skin

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2007 Jul;104(1):e49-52. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.12.031. Epub 2007 Apr 23.

Abstract

Deep penetrating nevus is a cutaneous pigmented lesion first reported by Seab et al. in 1989. The skin of the face and neck region is one of the most common sites for deep penetrating nevus. Despite this prevalence in the head and neck region, deep penetrating nevus has not previously been discussed in journals emphasizing oral and maxillofacial pathology. The purpose of this case report is to present this rare entity to the oral pathology community, emphasizing its common presenting histologic features of a combined nevus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cheek / pathology
  • Cheek / surgery
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Facial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Nevus, Intradermal / pathology*
  • Nevus, Intradermal / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery