 Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome
"Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Clinically atypical nevi (usually exceeding 5 mm in diameter and having variable pigmentation and ill defined borders) with an increased risk for development of non-familial cutaneous malignant melanoma. Biopsies show melanocytic dysplasia. Nevi are clinically and histologically identical to the precursor lesions for melanoma in the B-K mole syndrome. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D004416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.665.560.260 C04.700.305 C16.320.700.305
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| Concept/Terms |
Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome- Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome
- Nevus Syndrome, Dysplastic
- Syndrome, Dysplastic Nevus
- B-K Mole Syndrome
- B K Mole Syndrome
- Syndrome, B-K Mole
Dysplastic Nevi- Dysplastic Nevi
- Dysplastic Nevus
- Nevi, Dysplastic
- Nevus, Dysplastic
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