Transepidermal Elimination of Nevus Cells
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 123 (10) , 1371-1374
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1987.01660340133035
Abstract
• Nevus cell nests were seen histologically within the upper levels of the epidermis in biopsy specimens obtained from three patients with clinically banal-appearing nevi. Although the presence of melanocytes arranged as solitary units or grouped in nests in the upper layers of the epidermis is one histopathologic feature of malignant melanoma, we believe this finding represents transepidermal elimination of nevus cells and may be one mechanism of nevus involution. (Arch Dermatol1987;123:1371-1374)Keywords
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