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The '''halo nevus''' is a [[melanocytic lesion]] with a particular clinical appearance.
The '''halo nevus''' is a [[melanocytic lesion]] with a particular clinical appearance.


==Clinical==
==General==
*Benign.
 
==Gross==
*Central zone of pigment.  
*Central zone of pigment.  
*Peripherally a pale halo.
===Image===
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Image::Halo_Nevus_zoomed.jpg | Halo nevus. (WC)
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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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Image:SkinTumors-281.jpg | Halo nevus. (WC)
Image:SkinTumors-281.jpg | Halo nevus. (WC)
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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916106/figure/F3/ Halo nevus (nih.gov)].<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kay | first1 = KM. | last2 = Kim | first2 = JH. | last3 = Lee | first3 = TS. | title = Poliosis of eyelashes as an unusual sign of a halo nevus. | journal = Korean J Ophthalmol | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 237-9 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3341/kjo.2010.24.4.237 | PMID = 20714388 }}</ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916106/figure/F3/ Halo nevus (nih.gov)].<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kay | first1 = KM. | last2 = Kim | first2 = JH. | last3 = Lee | first3 = TS. | title = Poliosis of eyelashes as an unusual sign of a halo nevus. | journal = Korean J Ophthalmol | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 237-9 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3341/kjo.2010.24.4.237 | PMID = 20714388 }}</ref>

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The halo nevus is a melanocytic lesion with a particular clinical appearance.

General

  • Benign.

Gross

  • Central zone of pigment.
  • Peripherally a pale halo.

Image

Microscopic

Features:

  • Epidermal melanocytes not nested.
    • May have dermal and/or epidermal component.
  • Central zone of pigment.
  • Lymphocytes at perimeter of lesion.

Images

www:

See also

References

  1. Kay, KM.; Kim, JH.; Lee, TS. (Aug 2010). "Poliosis of eyelashes as an unusual sign of a halo nevus.". Korean J Ophthalmol 24 (4): 237-9. doi:10.3341/kjo.2010.24.4.237. PMID 20714388.