Global Dermatology Grand Rounds:
Case of the Month: July 1995
submitted by Dr. Rhett Drugge

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CASE HISTORY: This 82 year old patient presents with a history of an irregular nevus on the right scalp for several months.	Click on the individual images for magnification.
Physical Examination: a 14 mm assymetrical brown and tan macule on the right parietal scalp.
Microscopic Findings: The epidermis is expanded in a lentiginous and reticulate pattern by a population of atypical nevomelanocytic cells. Percolation of this population to the upper epidermis is present, while others cluster to form poorly organized theques.

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