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→Dysplastic melanocytic nevus
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*"Ugly duckling sign" - lesion looks different than the rest. | *"Ugly duckling sign" - lesion looks different than the rest. | ||
*[[Malignant_melanoma#Gross|ABCDE criteria of in melanoma]]. | *[[Malignant_melanoma#Gross|ABCDE criteria of in melanoma]]. | ||
*Tend to be greater than 5 mm - '''important'''.† <ref name=pmid3275948>{{Cite journal | last1 = Barnhill | first1 = RL. | last2 = Hurwitz | first2 = S. | last3 = Duray | first3 = PH. | last4 = Arons | first4 = MS. | title = The dysplastic nevus: recognition and management. | journal = Plast Reconstr Surg | volume = 81 | issue = 2 | pages = 280-9 | month = Feb | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 3275948 }}</ref> | |||
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* † Size matters - things smaller than 4 mm are usually ''not'' a dysplastic nevus. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||