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*HMB-45 deep component -ve.
*HMB-45 deep component -ve.
*Ki-67 - non-proliferative.
*Ki-67 - non-proliferative.
==Sclerosing melanocytic nevus==
*[[AKA]] ''sclerosing nevus''.
===General===
*Similar to ''[[recurrent nevus]]''.
*Clinically may be confused with [[melanoma]].
*No history of trauma or prior excision.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid18537860 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fabrizi | first1 = G. | last2 = Pennacchia | first2 = I. | last3 = Pagliarello | first3 = C. | last4 = Massi | first4 = G. | title = Sclerosing nevus with pseudomelanomatous features. | journal = J Cutan Pathol | volume = 35 | issue = 11 | pages = 995-1002 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00941.x | PMID = 18537860 }}</ref>
*Trizonal:
*# Junctional or compound nevus.
*# Fibrotic tissue with irregular melanocytic nests.
*# Nevus below scar.
DDx:
*[[Malignant melanoma]].
*[[Recurrent melanocytic nevus]] - also trizonal; however, has a fibrotic layer that does ''not'' have melanocytes in it.


==Pigmented spindle cell nevus==
==Pigmented spindle cell nevus==
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