For small benign melanocytic nevi, researchers found combined treatment with short pulsed Er:YAG and long-pulsed alexandrite laser had low recurrence rates with minimal adverse effects. The study ...

Melanocytic nevi are a category of benign melanocytic proliferations with a number of subtypes. These include congenital melanocytic nevi, blue nevi, acquired melanocytic nevi, and Spitz nevi. Many of ...

The first description of a particular melanocytic nevus found in relatives from six cases of melanoma was made in 1978. [1] Although initially coined B-K moles, these moles soon acquired the name ...

The histology of our second case revealed dysplastic nevus with severe atypia. The presence of nevus cells on the lateral margin of a dysplastic nevus with severe dysplasia requires wider excision. In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dermatologists should avoid the removal of benign nevi from children that are not of a consenting age, ...

Blue nevi are a category of melanocytic tumors, which arise from the proliferation of dermal dendritic melanocytes to form an acquired pigmented mole. They are also called pigmented nevi, ...

(CMN) result from the benign proliferation of melanocytic cells during intrauterine life. Historic information about the identification of CMN is limited. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth ...

An intradermal nevus (also called an intradermal melanocytic nevus) is simply a classic mole or birthmark. It typically appears as an elevated, dome-shaped bump on the surface of the skin. It’s ...

March 21, 2003 — The rate of transformation from mole to melanoma is very low, according to the results of a population-based study published in the March issue of the Archives of Dermatology. Routine ...