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Image Number #640 (Desmoplastic nevus)

Diagnosis: Desmoplastic nevus

Description: Desmoplasia and spindled cells in the dermis

Clinical Features: Papules,black

Pathology/Site Features: Back

Sex: M

Age: 24

Submitted By: Ian McColl

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History:

 Desmoplastic nevus Usually head and neck and small dark lesions less than 5 mm diameter       View Virtual Slide Desmoplastic nevus

Histological features
Spindled nevus cells in the dermis
Surrounded by thick collagen in the dermis
No mitoses or pleomorphism

See this reference for other special stains and differentiation from Dermatofibroma and Desmoplastic melanoma

Also this reference for further images

DermNetNZ   eMedicine   PubMed   Dermatology Online   Archives   JAAD for "Desmoplastic nevus"

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