A congenital nevus is a mole that you’re born with. These moles can be large or small, have hair growing out of them, or change over time. Congenital nevus (or nevi) is the medical term for a mole ...

A nevus sebaceous is a rare birthmark present on the face, neck, forehead, or scalp. Most are benign and unchanged through life, but some may develop tumors. A nevus sebaceous is a rare type of ...

A blue nevus is a benign type of mole. It may appear as a blue lump on the skin. A blue nevus may be present at birth or develop as a person ages. Healthcare professionals refer to more than one blue ...

The term "epidermal nevus syndrome" (ENS) is used for any of the various clinical entities which are distinctive in terms of their signs and symptoms, histopathology, and genetic composition. In most ...

Recurrent nevus phenomenon and regression in melanoma may have overlapping histologic features. The clinical findings and histologic changes in 357 cases of recurrent nevus phenomenon were compared ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A diagnosis of ocular melanoma can lead to grave outcomes, including enucleation and systemic spread.

An epidermal nevus is a congenital condition in which there is a benign overgrowth of the embryonal ectoderm in the skin, leading to a cutaneous warty or smooth raised lesion. It is present at birth, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Nevus of Ota, or nevus fuscoceruleus ophthalmomaxillaris, is a dermal melanocytic hamartoma that presents as bluish hyperpigmentation along the first or second branches of the trigeminal nerve.

Although melanoma blue nevus type have been shown to exhibit outcomes similar to conventional melanoma when matched for Breslow thickness, age, Clark level, and ulceration, 7 it remains controversial ...

Nevus of Ota is a condition where hyperpigmentation occurs around the eye and sometimes in the eye itself. Hyperpigmentation is when some patches of skin are darker than the surrounding skin. Nevus of ...