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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Common melanocytic nevi
Clinical signs
  • location: anywhere on the body, some are present at birth, most of them appear during childhood and puberty
  • macules, papules of different shades of brown, sometimes pink or dark blue
  • the surface is smooth, some lesions are pedunculated, some wiht hairy
  • so called dysplastic nevi are of irregular borders, variable color (even red) and can be multiple
Pictures

Melanocytic nevi: Melanocytic nevus, Clinical picture (1102)

Melanocytic nevi on the back: Nevus, Clinical picture (847)

Melanocytic nevi on the back, so called “dysplastic”: Melanocytic nevus, Clinical picture (1104)

Further examples of melanocytic nevi: