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A case of basal cell carcinoma with a neighbouring melanocytic nevus: dermoscopic features Volume 27, numéro 4, July-August 2017

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Auteurs
1 Department of Dermatology
2 Department of Plastic Surgery
3 Department of Pathology
Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University,
1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
4 Department of Dermatology,Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East,
2-1-10, Nishi-Ogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8567,
Japan

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and melanocytic nevus are derived from different origins of cells and the collision of these two tumours often confuses diagnosis [1-6]. To date, a detailed analysis, in terms of their locational association and histogenesis, has not been fully documented [7]. Here, we describe a case of BCC with a neighbouring melanocytic nevus on the nose. We elucidated how both lesions overlapped based on double-immunostaining for Ber-EP4 and S-100. In addition, we emphasize the critical [...]