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Dermpath & Clinic: In situ melanoma arising within a speckled lentiginous nevus Volume 28, numéro 6, November-December 2018

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Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany

A 44-year-old woman presented to a dermatologist with a large area of brownish pigmentation on her left shoulder present since childhood. The pigmented spot had, for a long time, shown multiple dark brown speckles, but recently a black macule had formed in the centre and steadily increased in size. The patient denied any local symptoms such as itching, pain or bleeding. She was otherwise healthy and there was no personal or family history of skin cancer. Physical examination was otherwise unremarkable [...]