Diseases

Pigmented Nevus

A nevus containing melanin. The term is usually restricted to nevocytic nevi (round or oval collections of melanin-containing nevus cells occurring at the dermoepidermal junction of the skin or in the dermis proper) or moles, but may be applied to other pigmented nevi.

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Abstract

A nevus containing melanin. The term is usually restricted to nevocytic nevi (round or oval collections of melanin-containing nevus cells occurring at the dermoepidermal junction of the skin or in the dermis proper) or moles, but may be applied to other pigmented nevi.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Nevi, Melanocytic
  • Nevi, Pigmented
  • Nevus, Melanocytic
  • Nevus, Pigmented
  • Pigmented Moles
  • Melanocytic Nevi
  • Melanocytic Nevus
  • Pigmented Nevi

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with SKIN NEOPLASMS + site if relevant

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pigmented Nevus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009508
  2. Pigmented Nevus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanocytic_nevus
  3. Pigmented Nevus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377568