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==Overview== | |||
Melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic lesion. Depending on the degree of cytologic atypia it can be classified into mild, moderate or severe. | |||
==Classification== | |||
Most dermatologists and dermatopathologists use a system devised by the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) for classifying melanocytic lesions. | |||
In this classification, a nevus can be defined as [[benign]], having [[atypia]], or being a [[melanoma]]. | |||
*A benign nevus is read as (or understood as) having no cytologic or architectural atypia. | |||
* An atypical mole is read as having architectural atypia, and having (mild, moderate, or severe) cytologic (melanocytic) atypia.<ref name="book1">{{cite book|last=Schanderdorf D, Kochs C, Livingstone E |date=2013 |title=Handbook of Cutaneous Melanoma: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment |publisher=Springer }}</ref><ref name="book2">{{cite book|last=Mooi W, Krausz T|date=2007 |title=Pathology of Melanocytic Disorders 2nd Ed. |publisher=CRC Press}}</ref> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Roukoz A. Karam, M.D.[2]
Overview
Melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic lesion. Depending on the degree of cytologic atypia it can be classified into mild, moderate or severe.
Classification
Most dermatologists and dermatopathologists use a system devised by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for classifying melanocytic lesions. In this classification, a nevus can be defined as benign, having atypia, or being a melanoma.
- A benign nevus is read as (or understood as) having no cytologic or architectural atypia.
- An atypical mole is read as having architectural atypia, and having (mild, moderate, or severe) cytologic (melanocytic) atypia.[1][2]