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What is a nevus?

What is a nevus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A general term referring to a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
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In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep within the dermis, the lower layer of the skin.
Treatment required removing the nevus and resurfacing the child's body with skin grafts.
Sebaceous nevus is a congenital lesion made up of excessive sebaceous glands and malformed hair follicles.
One of the most important warning signs for melanoma is rapid change in a nevus or the appearance of a new black lesion.
This is useful for recognizing important details like a change in the shape of a nevus.
However, the pathology of Spitz nevus is misleading, consisting of spindle and epithelioid nevus cells, some of which may be atypical.

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