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Vulvar Nevus and Malignant Melanoma

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The vulvar nevus was the first lesion to be recognized to have unique features so that it was originally designated as vulvar atypia. It is now clear that the vulva is one area of the skin, areolar in women, penis in men, and ear to have unique features attributed to the anatomic sites. In this chapter, the issue of vulvar nevus will be clearly defined with emphasis on the varying degree of cytologic atypia that occur on this special site as well as other features such as mitotic activity, maturation, and unusual growth feature that accompanied time of altering hormone during pregnancy. Emphasis will be placed on the differences between these lesions and dysplastic nevi as well as melanoma in situ. In addition, a review of malignant melanoma involving the vulva will be discussed.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Mai P. Hoang MD & Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

  2. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street Warren 820, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Mai P. Hoang MD

  3. Department of Dermatology, Brighamand Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

  4. Melanoma Program, Dana Farber Brighamand Women’s Cancer Center, 41 Louis Pasteur Avenue, Room 317B, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

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    Mai P. Hoang

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    Martin C. Mihm Jr.

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Hoang, M.P., Mihm, M.C. (2014). Vulvar Nevus and Malignant Melanoma. In: Hoang, M., Mihm Jr., M. (eds) Melanocytic Lesions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0891-2_6

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