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nevus

A circumscribed skin neoplasm. It may be predominantly epidermal, adnexal, melanocytic, vascular or mesodermal or a compound overgrowth of these tissues.

Related

clinical features distinguishing atypical from benign nevi dysplastic nevus syndrome (inherited familial atypical mole & melanoma syndrome)

Specific

angiokeratoma angiomatous nevus; strawberry nevus; capillary hemangioma of infancy Becker's nevus cavernous hemangioma (cavernoma, capillary venous lymphatic malformation, CVL, nevus cavernosus, vascular erectile tumor) cherry angioma (senile hemangioma, Campbell de Morgan spot) epidermal nevus epidermolytic hyperkeratotic type keratinocytic non-epidermolytic nevus melanocytic nevus (mole) nevus depigmentosus nevus flammeus (port-wine stain) nevus sebaceous (organoid nevus) nevus unius lateris pyogenic granuloma ;granuloma telangiectaticum; lobular capillary hemangioma spider angioma (nevus araneus, arterial spider) unilateral palmoplantar verrucous nevus venous lake white sponge nevus of Cannon

General

skin neoplasm

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Bieber AK, Martires KJ, Driscoll MS et al Nevi and pregnancy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Oct;75(4):661-666. Review. PMID: 27646736
  3. What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi http://www.cancer.gov/templates/doc.aspx