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Benign moles are usually brown, tan, pink, or black (the latter especially on dark-colored skin). They are circular or oval and are usually small (commonly between 1–3 mm), though some can be larger than the size of a typical pencil eraser (>5 mm). Some moles produce dark, coarse hair.
An atypical mole may also be referred to as an atypical melanocytic nevus, [2] atypical nevus, B-K mole, Clark's nevus, dysplastic melanocytic nevus, or nevus with architectural disorder. [3] Dysplastic nevi often grow to larger than ordinary moles and may have irregular and indistinct borders.
Blue nevus (rarely congenital): A classic blue nevus is usually smaller than 1 cm, flat, and blue-black in color. [6] Hori's nevus; Nevus spilus (speckled lentiginous nevus): This lesion includes dark speckles within a tan-brown background. [7] Pigmented spindle cell nevus; Spitz nevus; Zosteriform lentiginous nevus
C: Color that looks different through the mole that could be brown, black, white, red or blue D: Diameter means moles that are larger than a pencil eraser E: Evolving moles that become larger ...
A blue nevus is a type of coloured mole, typically a single well-defined blue-black bump. [1] [2] The blue colour is caused by the pigment being deep in the skin. [4] Diagnosis is by visualisation and dermoscopy. [4] A biopsy is sometimes performed, or the whole lesion surgically removed. [3]
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Moles are 4 to 7 inches long and have black-to-brownish-gray fur that has no grain, which allows them to move easily forward and backward in tunnels, adds Barbara Smith, consumer horticulture ...
A light brown, patchy appearance of primary acquired melanosis (PAM). PAM is a potentially cancerous lesion of the conjunctiva, which has a higher risk of transforming into a malignant melanoma in white persons. Nearly 75% of all melanomas that arise from the conjunctiva have been found to have occurred in the setting of PAM. [4]