halo nevus

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Epidemiology

  • most common in children

Pathology

* histopathology images[3]

Clinical manifestations

  • formation of a white ring (halo) around a melancytic nevus
  • the halo enlarges & the nevus shrinks
  • a depigmented region resembling vitiligo remains
  • most frequently on back[1]

* images[2][3]

Complications

Management

More general terms

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 DermNet NZ. Halo moles (images) http://www.dermnetnz.org/lesions/halo-mole.html
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Zabawski EJ, Elston DM (images) Medscape: Halo Nevus http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057446-overview
  4. Weyant GW, Chung CG, Helm KF. Halo nevus: review of the literature and clinicopathologic findings. Int J Dermatol. 2015 Oct;54(10):e433-5. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26146814