Recurrence of nevoid melanoma originally diagnosed as benign nevus

G Collina; C Reggiani

Recurrence of nevoid melanoma originally diagnosed as benign nevus

Pathologica. 2009 Jun;101(3):112-4.

Authors

G Collina¹, C Reggiani

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Oncology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 19886544

Abstract

We report the case of a 27 year-old woman who had a pigmented lesion in her left leg in 2004. The lesion, which was diagnosed as a congenital compound nevus, recurred four years later as an obvious melanoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Melanoma / metabolism
Melanoma / pathology*
Melanoma / surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / metabolism
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Nevus, Intradermal / diagnosis*
Nevus, Intradermal / surgery
Skin Neoplasms / metabolism
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / surgery