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2015, Volume 31, Number 2, Page(s) 089-094
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DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2014.01296 |
Atypia and Differential Diagnosis in Cellular Blue Nevi: Clinicopathological Study of 21 Cases |
Banu YAMAN, Gülşen KANDİLOĞLU, Banu SARSIK KUMBARACI, Taner AKALIN |
Department of Pathology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İZMİR, TURKEY |
Keywords:
Cellular blue nevus, Differential diagnosis, MIB-1 protein |
Objective: Cellular blue nevus differs from the classic blue nevus with
characteristics such as large size, cellularity, intense pigmentation,
and growing pattern with subcutaneous infiltration. It is a dermal
melanocytic tumor that can be confused with melanoma due to the
atypia it may contain.
Material and Method: Hematoxylin-eosin and MIB-1 stained slides
of 21 cases diagnosed between 2000-2014 were re-evaluated. In order
to attract attention to this rare lesion, 21 cases are presented with the
clinical and above-mentioned histopathological findings.
Results: Thirteen (61.9%) cases were females and eight (38.1%) were
male. The mean age was 25.4 (2-73). The most frequent localization
was the sacral and gluteal region (11 cases). The mean diameter was
14.4 mm (4-60 mm). From the parameters defined to assess the
atypia, ulceration was identified in four cases. Prominent cellularity
and subcutaneous infiltration were seen in three and 16 cases,
respectively. Mitosis was seen in six tumors. Immunohistochemically,
MIB-1 was present in two cases as 3% and 2% respectively, while in
others it was 1% or less. Although there is no precise definition for the
“atypical cellular blue nevus”, five patients were assessed as atypical
cellular blue nevus (a case with infiltrative development of six cm
tumor diameter, two cases with two mitosis and a MIB-1 index 3%
and 2%, a case with one mitosis and confluent development and a
case with one mitosis in addition to focal necrosis areas). No lymph
node and/or distant metastasis was observed during follow-up.
Conclusion: We think it is more important to rule out the possibility
of conventional melanoma in cellular blue nevus with exaggerated
morphological findings alongside low proliferative activity rather
than to determine the atypia.
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