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*Dysplastic nevi with severe nuclear atypia are treated like melanoma - excision with a 5 mm margin. | *Dysplastic nevi with severe nuclear atypia are typically treated like [[melanoma in situ]] - complete excision with a 5 mm margin.<ref name=pmid15509670/> | ||
*Dysplastic nevi with moderate nuclear atypia with margin involvement are re-excised.<ref name=pmid15509670>{{Cite journal | last1 = Culpepper | first1 = KS. | last2 = Granter | first2 = SR. | last3 = McKee | first3 = PH. | title = My approach to atypical melanocytic lesions. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 57 | issue = 11 | pages = 1121-31 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2003.008516 | PMID = 15509670 }}</ref> | *Dysplastic nevi with moderate nuclear atypia with margin involvement are re-excised.<ref name=pmid15509670>{{Cite journal | last1 = Culpepper | first1 = KS. | last2 = Granter | first2 = SR. | last3 = McKee | first3 = PH. | title = My approach to atypical melanocytic lesions. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 57 | issue = 11 | pages = 1121-31 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2003.008516 | PMID = 15509670 }}</ref> | ||