TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Larissa AU - Martins da Cruz, Timilly Mayra AU - Aparecido Gonçalves , Moisés Willian AU - Moreira Gonçalves , Rafaela Nogueira AU - Rocha dos Santos , Cássio Roberto AU - Marques Mesquita , Ana Terezinha PY - 2022/01/17 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Oral Blue Nevus two case reports and literature review. JF - Revista Estomatología JA - Rev Estomatol VL - 29 IS - 2 SE - Case Report DO - 10.25100/re.v29i2.11600 UR - https://estomatologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/revista_estomatologia/article/view/11600 SP - AB - <p><strong>Case Description</strong> We report two cases of oral Blue Nevus. The first case is a 32 years old female patient with a brown-blue lesion on hard palate, with no clinical symptoms that has always been present but that recently has been growing. The case is 36 years old male patient with a brown macule on hard palate.</p><p><strong>Clinical Findings </strong>On case report 1, oral examinations revealed an irregular brown-blue macule, measuring 13 x 6mm on hard palate. On case report 2, oral examination showed an oval brownish macule also located on hard palate.</p><p><strong>Treatment and Outcome</strong>: Excisional biopsy was performed in both cases and histopathology analyses revealed diagnosis of Blue Nevus.</p><p><strong>Clinical</strong><strong> Relevance </strong>Diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the oral cavity can be challenging once there are a variety of causes such as racial pigmentation, systemic diseases, use of medication, metal tattooing melanocytic nevus, melanoacanthoma, and melanoma. The correct diagnosys is important to conduct the best management of these lesions, especially the ones with malignancy potential.</p> ER -