Meaning & History. Italian form of the Late Latin name Aurea which was derived from Latin aureus golden. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Ostia (near Rome), as well as an 11th-century Spanish saint.
Blue nevus (also known as blue neuronevus, dermal melanocytoma, and nevus bleu) is a type of melanocytic nevus. The blue colour is caused by the pigment being deeper in the skin than in ordinary nevi. In principle they are harmless but they can sometimes be mimicked by malignant lesions, i.e. some melanomas can look like a blue nevus.
Early signs in a nevus that would suggest a malignant change include the following: 1  Darker or variable discoloration. 2  Itching. 3  An increase in size or the development of satellites. 4  Ulceration or bleeding (later signs).