Abstract
Benign melanocytic nevi exhibit a wide spectrum of clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological appearances. Most of them are histopathologically banal. There is, however, a percentage which show one or more unusual clinical features and require more attention. Included among these are: (a) the irritated melanocytic nevus including the mechanically traumatized nevus with one special recently described variant, namely, the targetoid hemosiderotic nevus [1]; and (b) the UV-irradiated nevus. A special variant is (c) Meyerson’s nevus, which is surrounded by a halo of eczema in the same way that a halo of depigmentation surrounds a Sutton nevus [2].
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(2007). Irritated Nevus and Meyerson’s Nevus. In: Soyer, H., Argenziano, G., Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Johr, R. (eds) Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35106-1_19
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