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Nonpigmented Nevus

MedGen UID:
83146
•Concept ID:
C0334432
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Achromic nevus; Hypochromic nevus; Nevus depigmentosus; Non-pigmented nevus; Nonpigmented nevus
SNOMED CT: Non-pigmented nevus (112680001); Hypochromic nevus (112680001); Nevus depigmentosus (112680001); Achromic nevus (403541001); Hypochromic nevus (403541001); Nevus depigmentosus (403541001); Nonpigmented nevus (112680001); Achromic nevus (112680001)

Definition

A benign nevus characterized by the absence of melanin pigment in the melanocytes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNonpigmented Nevus

Professional guidelines

PubMed

S2k guideline: Laser therapy of the skin.
Paasch U, Zidane M, Baron JM, Bund T, Cappius HJ, Drosner M, Feise K, Fischer T, Gauglitz G, Gerber PA, Grunewald S, Herberger K, Jung A, Karsai S, Kautz G, Philipp C, Schädel D, Seitz AT, Nast A
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2022 Sep;20(9):1248-1267. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1111/ddg.14879. PMID: 36098675
Conjunctival malignant melanoma in Denmark: epidemiology, treatment and prognosis with special emphasis on tumorigenesis and genetic profile.
Larsen AC
Acta Ophthalmol 2016 May;94 Thesis 1:1-27. doi: 10.1111/aos.13100. PMID: 27192168
Diagnosis and management of melanocytic skin lesion in the pediatric praxis. A review of the literature.
Zalaudek I, Sgambato A, Ferrara G, Argenziano G
Minerva Pediatr 2008 Jun;60(3):291-312. PMID: 18487976

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography of choroidal nevus in 104 cases.
Shah SU, Kaliki S, Shields CL, Ferenczy SR, Harmon SA, Shields JA
Ophthalmology 2012 May;119(5):1066-72. Epub 2012 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.11.001. PMID: 22297027
Clinical spectrum of choroidal nevi based on age at presentation in 3422 consecutive eyes.
Shields CL, Furuta M, Mashayekhi A, Berman EL, Zahler JD, Hoberman DM, Dinh DH, Shields JA
Ophthalmology 2008 Mar;115(3):546-552.e2. Epub 2007 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.07.009. PMID: 18067966

Diagnosis

Nodal combined blue nevus and benign nevus cells in multiple axillary sentinel nodes in a patient with breast carcinoma: report of a case.
Begum SM, Lomme M, Quddus MR
Int J Surg Pathol 2014 Sep;22(6):570-3. Epub 2013 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/1066896913509008. PMID: 24220996
Clinical spectrum of choroidal nevi based on age at presentation in 3422 consecutive eyes.
Shields CL, Furuta M, Mashayekhi A, Berman EL, Zahler JD, Hoberman DM, Dinh DH, Shields JA
Ophthalmology 2008 Mar;115(3):546-552.e2. Epub 2007 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.07.009. PMID: 18067966
Pigmented Spitz nevus in an adult.
Dellon AL, Farmer ER
Ann Plast Surg 1988 Feb;20(2):128-32. doi: 10.1097/00000637-198802000-00007. PMID: 3355057

Prognosis

Clinical spectrum of choroidal nevi based on age at presentation in 3422 consecutive eyes.
Shields CL, Furuta M, Mashayekhi A, Berman EL, Zahler JD, Hoberman DM, Dinh DH, Shields JA
Ophthalmology 2008 Mar;115(3):546-552.e2. Epub 2007 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.07.009. PMID: 18067966

Clinical prediction guides

Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography of choroidal nevus in 104 cases.
Shah SU, Kaliki S, Shields CL, Ferenczy SR, Harmon SA, Shields JA
Ophthalmology 2012 May;119(5):1066-72. Epub 2012 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.11.001. PMID: 22297027
Clinical spectrum of choroidal nevi based on age at presentation in 3422 consecutive eyes.
Shields CL, Furuta M, Mashayekhi A, Berman EL, Zahler JD, Hoberman DM, Dinh DH, Shields JA
Ophthalmology 2008 Mar;115(3):546-552.e2. Epub 2007 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.07.009. PMID: 18067966

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