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 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 ...

Prior to the families' enrollment into the current study, 194 melanomas occurred among 140 individuals. Of the 151 primary lesions for which we were able to measure thickness on review, 100 were ...

Atypical moles, otherwise known as dysplastic nevi, are known to increase the risk of certain types of skin cancer, namely, melanomas. These cancers are becoming more common all over the world, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . How clinicians frame the information presented to patients about dysplastic nevi diagnosis and management ...

Study suggests close observation is a reasonable management strategy for moderately dysplastic moles, but certain patients require continued screening for risk for melanoma. Dysplastic moles - known ...

Genetic lesions within all cells imply a common progenitor contributing that mutation, 9, 15, 16 and it has been found to be associated with loss of heterozygosity of certain loci. 7, 17 The DNA ...

Patients with biopsy-diagnosed moderately to severely dysplastic nevi experienced greater benefits after excisions than patients with mildly or moderately dysplastic nevi, according to study results.

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: I recently went to my dermatologist because I noticed a dark mole I hadn’t seen before. He did a biopsy, and it ...

Skin Cancer Incidence Up After Pancreas Transplantation Re-excision of mildly or moderately histologically dysplastic nevi (HDN) that approach a microscopic border may not be necessary, as favorable ...

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 ...

The original atlas of dysplastic nevi was, of necessity, cross-sectional (Greene et al., 1985), and could not provide sequential documentation of the natural history of these important risk markers ...