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