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Blue nevus

Blue nevus
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ICD-O: 8780-8790
DiseasesDB 31098
eMedicine derm/55 
MeSH D018329

Blue nevus, is a special type of melanocytic nevus. It is blue in color as its melanocytes are deeply situated in the skin. The nevus cells are spindle shaped and scattered in deep layers of the dermis. The covering epidermis is normal.

pancreas (Insulinoma, Glucagonoma, Gastrinoma, VIPoma, Somatostatinoma)

Cholangiocarcinoma - Hepatocellular adenoma/Hepatocellular carcinoma - Adenoid cystic carcinoma - Familial adenomatous polyposis - Prolactinoma - Oncocytoma - Hurthle cell - Clear cell adenoma/adenocarcinoma - Renal cell carcinoma - Multiple endocrine neoplasia - Endometrioid tumor

Adnexal And Skin appendage (8390-8429) sweat gland (Hidrocystoma, Syringoma)
Cystic, Mucinous And Serous (8440-8499) (Mucoepidermoid carcinoma - Cystadenoma/Cystadenocarcinoma/Pseudomyxoma peritonei - Signet ring cell carcinoma/Krukenberg tumor
Ductal, Lobular And Medullary (8500-8549) Ductal carcinoma - Paget's disease of the breast/Extramammary Paget's disease
Acinar cell (8550-8559) Acinic cell carcinoma
Complex epithelial (8560-8589) Warthin's tumor - Thymoma
Gonadal (8590-8679) Sex cord-stromal tumour - Thecoma - Granulosa cell tumour - Arrhenoblastoma/Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour
Paragangliomas And Glomus tumors (8680-8719) Paraganglioma - Pheochromocytoma - Glomus tumor
Nevi and melanomas (8720-8799) Melanocytic nevus - Nodular melanoma - Dysplastic nevus - Lentigo maligna melanoma - Superficial spreading melanoma - Blue nevus
 
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