malignant blue nevus
malignant blue nevus
A rare skin lesion that usually involves the scalp, presents as a multinodular plaque > 2.0 cm with a history of progressive enlargement, is often associated with a cellular blue nevus, and is histologically characterised by sheet-like growth pattern, mitoses, necrosis and marked cellular atypia. The behaviour of malignant blue nevi is unpredictable.The late AB Ackerman held that atypical blue nevus, malignant blue nevus, and metastasizing blue nevus are evasive terms for what should be called melanoma.