Look up nevus or nevi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nevus (pl.: nevi) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion...

A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus and commonly as a mole) is usually a noncancerous condition of pigment-producing skin...

A dysplastic nevus or atypical mole is a nevus (mole) whose appearance is different from that of common moles. In 1992, the NIH recommended that the term...

Nevus comedonicus, also known as a comedo nevus is characterized by closely arranged, grouped, often linear, slightly elevated papules that have at their...

have superimposed darker macules. A blue nevus of Jadassohn–Tièche (also known as a "common blue nevus", and "nevus ceruleus") is a cutaneous condition characterized...

The congenital melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic nevus (or mole) found in infants at birth. This type of birthmark occurs in an estimated 1% of...

Nevus of Ota is a hyperpigmentation that occurs on the face, most often appearing on the white of the eye. It also occurs on the forehead, nose, cheek...

a choroidal nevus grows from small cells resting as hyperplastic lesions, and exhibits growth primarily. In most cases, choroidal nevus is an asymptomatic...

Becker's nevus (also known as "Becker's melanosis", "Becker's pigmentary hamartoma", "nevoid melanosis", and "pigmented hairy epidermal nevus") is a benign...

any treatment to the patient of nevus depigmentosus. Albinism Alphos Leucism List of cutaneous conditions Melanism Nevus Pityriasis alba Quadrichrome vitiligo...

Nevus sebaceus or sebaceous nevus (the first term is its Latin name, the second term is its name in English; also known as an "organoid nevus": 661  and...

are equally predisposed to slate grey nevus. People who are not aware of the background of the slate grey nevus may mistake them for bruises, possibly...

A Spitz nevus is a benign skin lesion. A type of melanocytic nevus, it affects the epidermis and dermis. It is also known as an epithelioid and spindle-cell...

Nevus spilus, also known as speckled lentiginous nevus, is a light brown or tan birth mark, speckled with small, dark spots or small bumps. If it occurs...

epidermal nevus) Benign melanocytic nevus (banal nevus, common acquired melanocytic nevus, mole, nevocellular nevus, nevocytic nevus) Blue nevus (blue neuronevus...

or Klippel–Trénaunay–Weber syndrome. Nevus flammeus may be divided as follows: Nevus flammeus nuchae Midline nevus flammeus Port-wine stains were shown...

skin. Dermal nevus cells can be further classified: type A (epithelioid) dermal nevus cells mature into type B (lymphocytoid) dermal nevus cells which...

Nevus of Ito (also known as "Nevus fuscoceruleus acromiodeltoideus") is a skin condition with similar features to the Nevus of Ota, but occurring in a...

An acral nevus is a cutaneous condition of the palms, soles, fingers, or toes (peripheral body parts), characterized by a skin lesion that is usually...

A spider angioma or spider naevus (plural: spider naevi), also nevus araneus, is a type of telangiectasis (swollen, spider-like blood vessels on the skin)...

Halo nevus (also known as "Leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum," "Perinevoid vitiligo," and "Sutton nevus": 689 ) is a mole that is surrounded by a depigmented...

Hori's nevus (also known as "Acquired bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules") is a cutaneous condition characterized by multiple brown–gray to brown–blue...

the chest, shoulder, and back. The term "Becker's nevus syndrome" is used to describe Becker's nevus occurring along with other skin, musculoskeletal,...

for the "epidermal nevus" syndrome has been proposed, with at least six types being described:: 776  Schimmelpenning syndrome Nevus comedonicus syndrome...

can present at birth, known as a congenital meloncytic nevus, or later in life as an acquired nevus. Should the nevi appear in toddler- or school-aged children...

Dysplastic nevus syndrome, also known as familial atypical multiple mole–melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome, is an inherited cutaneous condition described in certain...

include: "Linear nevus sebaceous syndrome (LNSS)", "Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome", "Feuerstein-Mims syndrome", "sebaceous nevus syndrome", "Solomon...

back of the neck usually do not go away. "Nevus flammeus nuchae" is Latin for "flame-like mole on the nape." Nevus flammeus in other contexts refers to a...

eyelid, and presents in approximately 15% of newborns. Mongolian spot Nevus flammeus Nevus flammeus nuchae James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005)...

Pigmentary disorders Nevus achromicus (including incontinentia pigmenti achromians, also known as hypomelanosis of Ito) Epidermal nevus Nevus sebaceus Inflammatory...