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====Compound melanocytic nevus====
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SKIN LESION, RIGHT NECK, SHAVE BIOPSY:
- COMPOUND MELANOCYTIC NEVUS.
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=====Micro=====
The sections show melanocytes in the dermis and epidermis.  The lesion is symmetrical in its architecture and pigment distribution. There is no pagetoid spread of melanocytes in the epidermis.
In the superficially dermis, melanocytes are in nests.  Melanocytes mature with depth. No mitotic activity is appreciated.
The lesion is completely excised in the plane of section.
====Intradermal melanocytic nevus====
====Intradermal melanocytic nevus====
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SKIN, PUNCH BIOPSY:  
SKIN LESION, BACK, PUNCH BIOPSY:  
- INTRADERMAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS.
- INTRADERMAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS.
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