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Although the vast majority of prepubertal nevi has no special histological findings, a few of them show important architectural and cytological anomalies at the dermoepidermal junction. These lesions are entirely benign in their clinical evolution, but their histological features often resemble melanoma in situ and an undue diagnosis of melanoma is frequently made
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Massi, G., LeBoit, P.E. (2014). Junctional Anomalies in Congenital and Acquired Nevi in the First Years of Life. In: Histological Diagnosis of Nevi and Melanoma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37311-4_7
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