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Case Reports
. 2017 May 24;3(3):256-258.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.02.020. eCollection 2017 May.

Recurrent halo nevus: Dermoscopy and confocal microscopy features

Ana Carolina Porto  1 , Tatiana Pinto Blumetti  1 , Raquel de Paula Ramos Castro  1 , Clovis Antônio Lopes Pinto  2 , Adriana Silveira Pessoa Mendes  1 , João Pedreira Duprat Neto  1 , Gisele Gargantini Rezze  3 , Juliana Casagrande Tavoloni Braga  1
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Recurrent halo nevus: Dermoscopy and confocal microscopy features

Ana Carolina Porto et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
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Keywords: HN, halo nevi; RCM, reflectance confocal microscopy; RN, recurrent nevi; confocal microscopy; dermoscopy; halo nevus; melanoma; nevus; skin cancer.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
Histopathologic analysis and immunohistochemical stainings of the recurrent halo nevus. A, Panoramic view of the lesion. Lesion is characterized by a dense inflammatory infiltrate obscuring the dermal-epidermal junction of the skin. B, Moderate atypical melanocytic proliferation in the dermal-epidermal junction with nest formation and without pagetoid migration; in the dermis, an intense lymphocytic infiltration with melanocytes nests and numerous melanophages. C, Immunohistochemistry study revealing the intraepidermal Langerhans cells, confirming that some of the dendritic cells seen on confocal microscopy are Langerhans cells. D, S100 staining highlighting the melanocytic nests in the dermis confirming the compound nature of the lesion, and an increased number of Langerhans cells in the epidermis. (A and B, Hematoxylin-eosin stain; C, CD1a staining; D, S100 stain; original magnifications: A, ×40; B-D, ×400.)
Fig 2
Fig 2
Dermoscopic images of recurrent halo nevus. A-C, Gradual regression of the halo nevus. A, Dermoscopy shows a regular reticular and globular nevus surrounded by a symmetric halo. B, After 6 months, a partial disappearance of the nevus was observed. C, After 1 year, an almost complete regression of the nevus occurred. D and E, recurrent halo nevus. D, After a 2-year follow-up, repigmentation in the center of the lesion occurred. Dermoscopy of the recurrent halo nevus showed an atypical network in the center and asymmetric and irregular globules in the periphery. E, Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) mosaic image (2.5 × 2.5 mm) of the recurrent nevus shows an atypical meshwork pattern at the level of the dermo-epidermal junction. F, RCM mosaic image (zoom in of the dashed square in E, 1 × 1 mm) shows homogeneous dense nests (red asterisks), atypical meshwork patterns (yellow arrows), and dendritic cells (red arrows).
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