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.
A melanocytic nevus is a type of lesion that contains nevus cells. Some sources equate the term mole with melanocytic nevus. Other sources reserve the term mole for other purposes. The majority of moles appear during the first two decades of a person's life, with about one in every 100 babies being born with moles. Acquired moles are a form of benign neoplasm, while congenital moles, or congenital nevi, are considered a minor malformation or hamartoma and may be at a higher risk for melanoma