Nevus Spilus (Speckled Lentiginous Nevus) | Figure 2.8 A: Congenital nevus B: Spitz nevus (Reprint from Laxer RM, ed. The Hospital for Sick Children: Atlas of Pediatrics. Philadelphia, PA: Current Medicine; 2005) C: Nevus spilus (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Getz) |
Presents as tan, regularly bordered patch with darker macules within lesion - Melanoma rarely arises within nevus component
- Associated with phakomatosis pigmentovascularis and pigmentokeratotica (latter with organoid nevus + hemiatrophy + neurologic defects)
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