nevus
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Introduction
A circumscribed skin neoplasm. It may be predominantly epidermal, adnexal, melanocytic, vascular or mesodermal or a compound overgrowth of these tissues.
More general terms
More specific terms
- 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
Additional terms
- clinical features distinguishing atypical from benign nevi
- dysplastic nevus syndrome (inherited familial atypical mole & melanoma syndrome)
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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27646736
- ↑ What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi http://www.cancer.gov/templates/doc.aspx