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**Asymmetry. | **Asymmetry. | ||
*Lack of maturation. | *Lack of maturation. | ||
*+/-Upward scatter of melanocytes - "cannonball" appearance. | *+/-Upward scatter of melanocytes [[AKA]] intraepidermal ascent - "cannonball" appearance. | ||
**No diagnostic significance in the following cases: | |||
***Acral sites - see: ''[[Acral nevus]]''. | |||
***Histologic evidence of trauma. | |||
****Thick dense ''stratum corneum''. | |||
Maturation - with depth: | Maturation - with depth: | ||