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What Is A Choroidal Nevus What Is A Choroidal Nevus. A choroidal nevus is a flat, benign pigmented area that appears in the back of the eye and is basically an eye freckle. If your doctor refers to a lesion in your eye that needs to be tracked, she is most likely talking about a choroidal nevus. The accumulation of pigmented cells that makes up a nevus occurs in a very small percentage of the population. Estimates put occurence at 2%1,2,3 on the low end and 10%-13%4 on the high end. Wills Eye Hospital, which sees a vere large number of cases, states, Choroidal nevus is the most common intraocular tumor, occurring in about seven percent of adults.. Suffice it to say, approximately 1 in 10 people have these freckles.
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nevus comedonicus nevus. pl. nevi [L.] a circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes; the excess (or deficiency) of tissue may involve epidermal, connective tissue, adnexal, nervous, or vascular elements; called also mole.
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Blue nevus Blue nevus. Blue nevus (also known as blue neuronevus, dermal melanocytoma, and nevus bleu[1]) is a type of melanocytic nevus. The blue colour is caused by the pigment being deeper in the skin than in ordinary nevi.
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Moles & Atypical Nevi Moles, or nevi, are skin growths made up of cells called melanocytes or nevus cells. The average person has fewer than 40 moles.Moles can be flat or raised and can range in color from skin colored to light, medium, or dark brown (no particular type is better than another).typical nevi, also called dysplastic nevi or Clark's nevi, are acquired moles that have unusual features both in terms of how they look clinically and how they look when biopsied (removed and examined under a microscope).
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What Are Red Freckles? Red freckles, also called cherry angiomas, hemangiomas, senile angiomas and Campbell de Morgan spots, are lesions resulting from a concentrated, high number of dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin. More specifically, they occur when the number of endothelial cells lining the inside of the blood vessels rapidly grow and divide.
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- Nevus, also known as a mole, is the medical term for sharply circumscribed and chronic lesions of the skin or mucosa. These lesions are commonly named birthmarks or beauty marks. Nevi are benign by definition. However, 25% of malignant melanomas (a skin cancer) arise from pre-existing nevi. Using the term nevus and nevi loosely, most physicians and dermatologists are actually referring to a variant of nevus called the  melanocytic nevus , which are composed of melanocytes.
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Tracking Which Freckles Become Tumors There are several pigmented moles inside the eye but a choroidal nevus is the one that demands the most scrutiny. Choroidal locates the freckle to a layer of tissue underneath the retina – nevus means a benign growth of pigmented cells. Most choroidal nevi are safe and are managed with periodic exams. A small percentage of these nevi, however, can grow and become a choroidal malignant melanoma.
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Moles vs Freckles â How to Tell the Difference and Everything In Between If you start to see freckles, slather on more sunscreen for sun protection as part of your baby skin care routine! Sunscreen is safe for babies six months old or older. Birthmarks (clinically known as congenital nevi) are moles that we are born with. They are either there when we are born or appear right after birth.
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Blue nevus An epithelioid blue nevus is a cutaneous condition most commonly seen in patients with the Carney complex. : 701 A deep penetrating nevus is a type of benign melanocytic skin tumor characterized, as its name suggests, by penetration into the deep dermis and/or subcutis.
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Melanocytic nevus Other sources reserve the term mole for other purposes such as the animal of the same name. Melanocytic nevi represent a family of lesions. The most common variants are: 1  Location: 2  Junctional nevus: the nevus cells are located along the junction of the epidermis and the underlying dermis.
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Skin Cancer Actinic keratosis is a patch of red or brown, scaly, rough skin, which can develop into any kind of skin cancer, but most commonly precede the appearance of a squamous cell carcinoma. A nevus is a mole, and dysplastic nevi are abnormal moles. These can develop into melanoma over time.
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- dys·plas·tic ne·vus. a nevus exceeding 5 mm in diameter, with irregular, indistinct, or notched borders and mixed tan-to-black and pink-to-red color. Microscopically these are basally nested and scattered intraepidermal melanocytes with hyperchromatic nuclei larger than those of basal keratinocytes.
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- Combined nevus with compound and inverted. type A/clonal nevus. A, There is an intraepidermal and dermal. nested proliferation of banal nevomelanocytes. Also present. are numerous larger moderately pigmented epithelioid. nevomelanocytes, both superficially and at the deep dermal. edge of the nevus.
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Birthmarks & Hemangiomas Birthmarks & Hemangiomas. Dark-Pigmented Birthmarks (Nevi or Moles) Nevi, or moles, are either congenital (present at birth) or acquired. Composed of so-called nevus cells, these spots are often dark brown or black. Congenital Nevi.
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Eye Freckle And Eye Doctors Questions? Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigmented epithelium (also known as halo nevus) is a pigmented, well demarcated dark spot inside the back of your eye on your retina. Though size varies, it is convenient to think of it as about equivalent to the top of an eraser on a pencil.
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Giant congenital nevus A giant congenital nevus is a dark-colored, often hairy patch of skin that is present at birth (congenital). It grows proportionally to the child. A congenital pigmented nevus is considered giant if by adulthood it is larger than 20cm (about 8 inches) in diameter. Giant congenital nevi can occur in people of any racial or ethnic background and on any area of the body. They result from localized genetic changes in the fetus that lead to excessive growth of melanocytes, the cells in the skin that are responsible for skin color.
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Eye Freckle The medical term for eye freckles is choroidal nevi. The retina is situated on a membrane called choroid. This membrane consists of colors or pigment cells which are responsible for giving our eyes its natural color. When these pigment cells clustered up together, the freckle or choroidal nevus is formed.
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Mole or Melanoma? Tell-Tale Signs in Benign Nevi and Malignant Melanoma: Slideshow Category 3 = severe atypia, melanoma in situ arising in a nevus. This congenital nevus, measuring approximately 5 mm, was located on the patient's upper chest. This is a junctional nevus, meaning that it is at the junction of the dermis and the epidermis.
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Freckle in the Eye However, while examining the inside of your eyes, he discovered a small choroidal nevus. Although the name sounds complicated, a choroidal nevus is simply a freckle inside the eye. A choroidal nevus is the name given to a spot, freckle or mole that appears inside the eye or on the eye's surface. 1  Sometimes detected during a dilated eye examination, these pigmented spots are usually flat and slate-greyish in color.
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Melanocytic nevus The most common variants are: 1  Location: Junctional nevus: the nevus cells are located along the junction of the epidermis and the underlying dermis. A junctional nevus is flat and brown to black. 2  Dysplastic nevus (nevus of Clark): usually a compound nevus with cellular and architectural dysplasia.
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10 Do-It-Yourself Methods of Treating Body Moles Junctional Nevus –black or brown lesions between the dermis and the epithelium. Compound Nevus—these are the beauty marks that are slightly raised. It is usually a mixture of dermal layers. Intradermal Nevus—these are found in the dermal layer that are raised and of the same color as your skin.
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What Causes Freckles? Do you have freckles? If you don't, chances are you probably know someone who does. But what are they exactly? Freckles appear on the skin as small tan or light brown spots. While they usually appear on the face, they can also be found on any skin exposed to the Sun, such as the neck and shoulders. Freckles are natural and not harmful.
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Nevus of the Eye, Eye Moles and Freckles A nevus is a growth that develops on the eye. It is typically pigmented and is much like a freckle or a mole. In fact a common nickname for a nevus is freckle in the eye. A nevus can occur in many different places on the eye. Sometimes they are found on the front of the eye near the iris and other times they are in the back of the eye near the retina. A nevus can be congenital which means that it is present at birth or it can develop during early childhood. A nevus is a benign growth, which means that it is not cancerous.
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Eye Freckle And Eye Doctors Questions? Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “retinal freckle” Eye Freckle And Eye Doctors Questions? Dr. Kisling May 10, 2009 Uncategorized 35 Comments So you have been told by your eye doctor there is a freckle in your eye. Should you be worried? It could be a number of things but the most likely are choroidal nevus (benign choroidal melanoma) or CHRPE (congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigmented epithelium). Both conditions are usually benign and not a serious problem. They both need to be monitored to make sure they are not malignant melanomas.