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Proliferative nodule resembling angiomatoid Spitz tumor with degenerative atypia arising within a giant congenital nevus
Proliferative nodules arising within congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) often present a diagnostic challenge given a close resemblance to melanoma. Several morphologic variants have been characterized. In difficult cases, ancillary molecular tests can be used to better exclude the possibility of malignant degeneration. Herein, we report a case of an unusual proliferative nodule with overlapping features of angiomatoid Spitz tumor and ancient melanocytic nevus, which demonstrated normal findings on both chromosomal microarray and a gene expression profiling assay