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Vulvar Acquired Melanocytic Nevus

MedGen UID:
276987
•Concept ID:
C1520068
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A benign nevus that arises from the vulva during childhood and grows with increasing age. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVulvar Acquired Melanocytic Nevus

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinicopathological Analysis of Acquired Melanocytic Nevi and a Preliminary Study on the Possible Origin of Nevus Cells.
Wang DG, Huang FR, Chen W, Zhou Y, Wang CY, Zhu F, Shao BJ, Luo D
Am J Dermatopathol 2020 Jun;42(6):414-422. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001599. PMID: 31880593
Intradermal spitz nevi: a rare subtype of spitz nevi analyzed in a clinicopathologic study of 74 cases.
Plaza JA, De Stefano D, Suster S, Prieto VG, Kacerovska D, Michal M, Sangueza M, Kazakov DV
Am J Dermatopathol 2014 Apr;36(4):283-94; quiz 295-7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182a64bb9. PMID: 24736667
Acquired melanocytic naevus in childhood vulval pemphigoid.
Lebeau S, Braun RP, Masouyé I, Perrinaud A, Harms M, Borradori L
Dermatology 2006;213(2):159-62. doi: 10.1159/000093859. PMID: 16902297
Atypical melanocytic nevi of the genital type with a discussion of reciprocal parenchymal-stromal interactions in the biology of neoplasia.
Clark WH Jr, Hood AF, Tucker MA, Jampel RM
Hum Pathol 1998 Jan;29(1 Suppl 1):S1-24. doi: 10.1016/s0046-8177(98)80028-2. PMID: 9445124

Diagnosis

Intradermal spitz nevi: a rare subtype of spitz nevi analyzed in a clinicopathologic study of 74 cases.
Plaza JA, De Stefano D, Suster S, Prieto VG, Kacerovska D, Michal M, Sangueza M, Kazakov DV
Am J Dermatopathol 2014 Apr;36(4):283-94; quiz 295-7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182a64bb9. PMID: 24736667
Acquired melanocytic naevus in childhood vulval pemphigoid.
Lebeau S, Braun RP, Masouyé I, Perrinaud A, Harms M, Borradori L
Dermatology 2006;213(2):159-62. doi: 10.1159/000093859. PMID: 16902297
Atypical melanocytic nevi of the genital type with a discussion of reciprocal parenchymal-stromal interactions in the biology of neoplasia.
Clark WH Jr, Hood AF, Tucker MA, Jampel RM
Hum Pathol 1998 Jan;29(1 Suppl 1):S1-24. doi: 10.1016/s0046-8177(98)80028-2. PMID: 9445124

Prognosis

Acquired melanocytic naevus in childhood vulval pemphigoid.
Lebeau S, Braun RP, Masouyé I, Perrinaud A, Harms M, Borradori L
Dermatology 2006;213(2):159-62. doi: 10.1159/000093859. PMID: 16902297

Clinical prediction guides

Intradermal spitz nevi: a rare subtype of spitz nevi analyzed in a clinicopathologic study of 74 cases.
Plaza JA, De Stefano D, Suster S, Prieto VG, Kacerovska D, Michal M, Sangueza M, Kazakov DV
Am J Dermatopathol 2014 Apr;36(4):283-94; quiz 295-7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182a64bb9. PMID: 24736667
Acquired melanocytic naevus in childhood vulval pemphigoid.
Lebeau S, Braun RP, Masouyé I, Perrinaud A, Harms M, Borradori L
Dermatology 2006;213(2):159-62. doi: 10.1159/000093859. PMID: 16902297

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