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    A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus, and commonly as a mole) is usually a noncancerous condition of pigment-producing...
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    A benign melanocytic nevus is a cutaneous condition characterised by well-circumscribed, pigmented, round or ovoid lesions, generally measuring from 2...
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    The congenital melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic nevus (or mole) found in infants at birth. This type of birthmark occurs in an estimated 1% of...
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    nevus Becker's nevus Blue nevus Nevus spilus Spitz nevus Congenital melanocytic nevus Nevus of Ota Compound nevus, left buttock Nevus anemicus Nevus depigmentosus...
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    "dysplastic nevus" be avoided in favor of the term "atypical mole". An atypical mole may also be referred to as an atypical melanocytic nevus, atypical nevus, B-K...
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    patients with the Carney complex.: 701  A deep penetrating nevus is a type of benign melanocytic skin tumor characterized, as its name suggests, by penetration...
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    A Spitz nevus is a benign skin lesion. A type of melanocytic nevus, it affects the epidermis and dermis. It is also known as an epithelioid and spindle-cell...
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    A Mongolian spot, also known as slate grey nevus or congenital dermal melanocytosis, is a benign, flat, congenital birthmark with wavy borders and an...
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    A benign tumor is a mass of cells (tumor) that does not invade neighboring tissue or metastasize (spread throughout the body). Compared to malignant (cancerous)...
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    Becker's nevus (also known as "Becker's melanosis", "Becker's pigmentary hamartoma", "nevoid melanosis", and "pigmented hairy epidermal nevus") is a benign skin...
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    ethnic groups, but are more common in dark-skinned people. The acral nevus is a benign skin lesion that can occur at any age, but is generally noticed between...
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    tumor at multiple sites. While one section of the tumor might show benign melanocytic nevus, another section might show features concerning for severe cellular...
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    epidermal nevus) Benign melanocytic nevus (banal nevus, common acquired melanocytic nevus, mole, nevocellular nevus, nevocytic nevus) Blue nevus (blue neuronevus...
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    first as a dark mole surrounded by a halo before the nevus fades and disappears. A single halo nevus like lesion appearing in an older adult may be a melanoma...
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    vessels. It can appear similar to a benign melanocytic naevus or an early BCC. It may be mistaken for a nevocytic nevus, neurofibroma, and pyogenic granuloma...
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    false negative rate. While one section of the tumor might show benign melanocytic nevus, another section might show features concerning of severe cellular...
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  • Thumbnail for Choroidal nevus
    Choroidal nevus (plural: nevi) is a type of eye neoplasm that is classified under choroidal tumors as a type of benign (non-cancerous) melanocytic tumor....
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    of an archipelago. The cause is unknown, but the condition is entirely benign (importantly, it does not represent oral cancer), and there is no curative...
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  • lesions Melanocytic nevus Skip lesion Osler's node Keratoderma blennorrhagicum Dermatosis papulosa nigra Leukemid Janeway lesion Kaposi's sarcoma Nevus spilus...
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    vascular birthmarks are not hereditary. Congenital melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic nevus, the medical term for what is colloquially called a...
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    Ataxia–telangiectasia Basal cell nevus syndrome Benign congenital skin lesion Bloom syndrome Chédiak–Higashi syndrome Congenital melanocytic naevus Fanconi anemia...
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  • Congenital melanocytic naevus Acquired melanocytic naevus Blue naevus Atypical melanocytic naevus of genital type Dysplastic melanocytic naevus Yolk...
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    A pigmented spindle cell nevus is a skin condition characterized by a dark brown to black macule or papule, usually less than 6 mm. It was characterized...
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  • (neuroid) dermal nevus cells, through a process involving downwards migration. Nevus cells are the primary component of a melanocytic nevus. Nevus cells can...
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  • commonly observed microscopically with the condition spitz nevi, a benign melanocytic nevus, a type of skin lesion, affecting the epidermis and dermis. List...
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    may be seen in: Endosalpingiosis Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma Melanocytic nevus Psammoma bodies usually have a laminar appearance, are circular, acellular...
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  • lesion that appears suddenly. Oral nevi or oral melanocytic nevi, are result of benign proliferations of nevus cells present either in the epithelial layer...
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    PMID 33220312. "(PDF) White sponge nevus in the oral cavity: case report and a review of literature". White sponge nevus of cannon; Leukokeratosis, hereditary...
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    Benign lymphoepithelial lesion or Mikulicz' disease is a type of benign enlargement of the parotid and/or lacrimal glands. This pathologic state is sometimes...
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    membranes. Desmoplastic melanoma Melanoma with small nevus-like cells Melanoma with features of a Spitz nevus Uveal melanoma Vaginal melanoma Polypoid melanoma...
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