nevoid melanoma
Histologic Features
- A small symmetrical circumscribed lesion
- A proliferation of small ovoid melanocytes, as nests and solitary nites in the dermis
- Nesting of melanocytes intermingled with sheets of melanocytes
- Variation in the sizes of the nests in the dermis
- Compression of nests by fibrosis
- A hint of maturation with descent
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