blue nevus
MONDO:0006680Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names blue nevus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An intradermal nevus characterized by the presence of benign pigmented dendritic spindle-shaped melanocytes. It most frequently occurs in the skin of the distal upper extremities, followed by the lower extremities, scalp, face, and buttocks. It usually presents as a single blue or blue-black papular lesion less than 1cm in diameter. Simple excision is usually curative.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006680), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: blue nevus
- Also called
- blue Nevus of skinblue Nevus of the skinblue skin Nevus