Nevus information

Look up nevus or nevi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nevus (pl.: nevi) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion...

A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus and commonly as a mole) is usually a noncancerous condition of pigment-producing skin...

A dysplastic nevus or atypical mole is a nevus (mole) whose appearance is different from that of common moles. In 1992, the NIH recommended that the term...

have superimposed darker macules. A blue nevus of Jadassohn–Tièche (also known as a "common blue nevus", and "nevus ceruleus") is a cutaneous condition characterized...

Nevus of Ota is a hyperpigmentation that occurs on the face, most often appearing on the white of the eye. It also occurs on the forehead, nose, cheek...

Nevus comedonicus, also known as a comedo nevus is characterized by closely arranged, grouped, often linear, slightly elevated papules that have at their...

any treatment to the patient of nevus depigmentosus. Albinism Alphos Leucism List of cutaneous conditions Melanism Nevus Pityriasis alba Quadrichrome vitiligo...

are equally predisposed to slate grey nevus. People who are not aware of the background of the slate grey nevus may mistake them for bruises, possibly...

Nevus sebaceus or sebaceous nevus (the first term is its Latin name, the second term is its name in English; also known as an "organoid nevus": 661  and...

a choroidal nevus grows from small cells resting as hyperplastic lesions, and exhibits growth primarily. In most cases, choroidal nevus is an asymptomatic...

Nevus spilus, also known as speckled lentiginous nevus, is a light brown or tan birth mark, speckled with small, dark spots or small bumps. If it occurs...

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...

epidermal nevus) Benign melanocytic nevus (banal nevus, common acquired melanocytic nevus, mole, nevocellular nevus, nevocytic nevus) Blue nevus (blue neuronevus...

Nevus of Ito (also known as "Nevus fuscoceruleus acromiodeltoideus") is a skin condition with similar features to the Nevus of Ota, but occurring in a...

skin. Dermal nevus cells can be further classified: type A (epithelioid) dermal nevus cells mature into type B (lymphocytoid) dermal nevus cells which...

An acral nevus is a cutaneous condition of the palms, soles, fingers, or toes (peripheral body parts), characterized by a skin lesion that is usually...

A spider angioma or spider naevus (plural: spider naevi), also nevus araneus, is a type of telangiectasis (swollen, spider-like blood vessels on the skin)...

for the "epidermal nevus" syndrome has been proposed, with at least six types being described:: 776  Schimmelpenning syndrome Nevus comedonicus syndrome...

Halo nevus (also known as "Leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum," "Perinevoid vitiligo," and "Sutton nevus": 689 ) is a mole that is surrounded by a depigmented...

can present at birth, known as a congenital meloncytic nevus, or later in life as an acquired nevus. Should the nevi appear in toddler- or school-aged children...

include: "Linear nevus sebaceous syndrome (LNSS)", "Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome", "Feuerstein-Mims syndrome", "sebaceous nevus syndrome", "Solomon...

Dysplastic nevus syndrome, also known as familial atypical multiple mole–melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome, is an inherited cutaneous condition described in certain...

eyelid, and presents in approximately 15% of newborns. Mongolian spot Nevus flammeus Nevus flammeus nuchae James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005)...

back of the neck usually do not go away. "Nevus flammeus nuchae" is Latin for "flame-like mole on the nape." Nevus flammeus in other contexts refers to a...

Influencer. Naud is from Fort McMurray in Alberta. She was born with a large nevus under her right eye. Her parents decided against removing it after doctors...