congenital nevus (stepsections)
Histologic Features
- Multiple stepsections were obtained sagittally and mounted as diagrammed. Examination of the sections show a broad butsymmetrical proliferation of nevus cells, as nests and single cells at the DE junction and the upper dermis, diffuse deposition of melanin in the upper portion of the dermis and atendency for the nevus cells at the base to follow the planes of the collagen and adnexae. The surgical margins are ample and free of involvement
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