Desmoplastic Melanocytic Naevus in a Paediatric Patient: Dermoscopical and Histopathological Findings of a Rare Entity: An Overlooked Diagnosis or a Misnomer?

Authors

  • Tubanur Çetinarslan Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
  • Aylin Türel Ermertcan Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
  • Peyker Temiz Department of Pathology, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
  • Regina Fölster-Holst Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v106.adv-2025-0074

Keywords:

Nevus, pediatric, dermoscopy, skinpathology, dermatopathology

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2026-01-20

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Çetinarslan, T., Türel Ermertcan, A., Temiz, P., & Fölster-Holst, R. (2026). Desmoplastic Melanocytic Naevus in a Paediatric Patient: Dermoscopical and Histopathological Findings of a Rare Entity: An Overlooked Diagnosis or a Misnomer?. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 106, adv–2025. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v106.adv-2025-0074

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