Posts Tagged ‘melanocytic lesions’
Atypical Nevus – a Melanoma Precursor? Not Exactly
HISTORY A 27-year-old woman presented with many-year history of left cheek nevus. The lesion grew in size and changed in color. Shave biopsy showed a nevus with moderate atypical melanocytic hyperplasia. Residual pigmentation of the nevus and involved histologic margins remained after the biopsy. DISCUSSION Are all atypical melanocytic lesions pre-melanomas? Should dysplastic lesions be…
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STUMP and MelTUMP
Ambiguous melanocytic lesions – those with histopathologic findings without a diagnostic consensus – are divided into thin and thick tumors. Thin lesions appear as dysplastic nevi and have a potential of being part of melanoma in situ or superficial spreading melanoma. We have explored diagnostic and therapeutic considerations of the thin lesions in a previous…
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