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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Mongolian spot (redirect from Nevus fuscocaerulius)
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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List of skin conditions (redirect from Benign pigmented lesions)
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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Fibrous papule of the nose (redirect from Benign solitary fibrous papule)
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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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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Geographic tongue (redirect from Benign migratory glossitis)
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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Vulvar tumors (section Melanocytic tumors)
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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Psammoma body (section Benign lesions)
may be seen in: Endosalpingiosis Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma Melanocytic nevus Psammoma bodies usually have a laminar appearance, are circular, acellular...
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Oral pigmentation (section Melanocytic nevi)
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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