Melanocytic neoplasms of the scalp: diagnosis and patient management tactics
- Authors: Malishevskaya N.P.1, Senkin G.S.2, Pazina M.V.1, Syrneva T.A.1, Zakharova M.A.3, Pisklakova T.P.4, Lysenko O.V.1, Glazkova L.K.5
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Affiliations:
- Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
- Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary
- South Ural State Medical University
- South Ural State University
- Ural State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 36, No 12 (2025)
- Pages: 100-102
- Section: From Practice
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0236-3054/article/view/365689
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2025-12-23
- ID: 365689
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Abstract
The skin of the scalp is an anatomical area with a specific structure; melanocytic nevi in this localization tend to show different signs that differ from those of melanocytic nevi in other anatomical areas not only clinically, but also pathomorphologically, often demonstrating morphologically atypical signs without obvious atypical clinical behavior. This article presents a clinical case of a patient with a complex melanocytic nevus of the skin of the scalp and a detailed pathomorphological description of these signs. The description of this clinical case may be useful for dermatovenerologists, trichologists and pathologists to raise awareness about the features of melanocytic nevi of the scalp.
About the authors
N. P. Malishevskaya
Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
Author for correspondence.
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-0298-9388
SPIN-code: 8398-5141
MD, Professor
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgG. S. Senkin
Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8264-4608
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
M. V. Pazina
Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-8464-3612
SPIN-code: 1582-9290
Candidate of Medical Sciences
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgT. A. Syrneva
Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8963-6042
SPIN-code: 4492-9332
MD, Professor
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgM. A. Zakharova
South Ural State Medical University
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-0922-7286
SPIN-code: 7589-2537
MD, Associate Professor
Russian Federation, ChelyabinskT. P. Pisklakova
South Ural State University
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1683-1071
SPIN-code: 1571-6290
MD, Professor
Russian Federation, ChelyabinskO. V. Lysenko
Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-8390-7627
SPIN-code: 6452-5805
MD, Professor
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgL. K. Glazkova
Ural State Medical University
Email: orgotdel_2008@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-3750-8868
SPIN-code: 9358-2282
MD, Professor
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgReferences
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