Atypical or dysplastic nevus is our preferred term for a group of melanocytic skin tumors which cause endless debate and controversy. Synonyms include atypical mole, BK mole, Clark nevus, and nevus with architectural disorder. In 1978 Wallace H. Clark, Jr. first drew attention to this particular...
association with a history of sunburns in childhood and / or adolescence and its occurrence in people with sensitive skin to sun exposure suggest that their development may be associated with acute and intense sun exposure. 6 The incidence of clinical atypical nevus in the general population, ba...
An additional step may include amplification of the nucleic acid. In further embodiments, the invention comprise a kit. In one embodiment, a kit for differentially diagnosing between melanoma and nevus in a skin sample comprises primers for the amplification of at least two miRNA selected from ...
The DNA excision repair capacity of 23 primary fibroblast lines from patients with dysplastic nevus syndrome was investigated and DNA repair synthesis (“unscheduled DNA synthesis”) was determined after UV exposure. Seventeen fibroblast lines from normal donors served as controls. The dose/response expe...
Synonyms Atypical mole ; Atypical nevus ; B-K mole ; Clark's nevus ; Dysplastic melanocytic nevus ; Nevus with architectural disorder Definition A mole whose features and appearance is different from the common benign mole. These are usually larger and with irregular and indistinct borders, with ...
fibrous dysplasia of bone- a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions hypertrophy- abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ