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, ...

The dysplastic nevus initially was described in the 1980s as a mole with increased risk of developing melanoma and requiring total removal. However, dermatopathologists now consider dysplastic nevi to ...

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About a third of melanomas begin with benign moles. Now, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found an immune mechanism for these noncancerous skin cells that they believe could be ...

Becker’s nevus and epidermal nevi represent distinct yet occasionally overlapping entities within the spectrum of cutaneous hamartomas. Becker’s nevus, typically identified by its circumscribed ...

Moles, or nevi, are small, pigmented lesions that are generally benign and present in the vast majority of people. While their distribution varies from one individual to another, certain areas of the ...

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 ...