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Dysplastic nevus syndrome

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dysplastic nevus syndrome
n.
An atypical nevus, usually larger than 5 millimeters in diameter with variable pigmentation and ill-defined borders, marked by melanocytic dysplasia and associated with an increased risk for the development of nonfamilial cutaneous malignant melanoma. Also called dysplastic nevus.
Dysplastic nevus syndrome
A familial syndrome characterized by the presence of multiple atypical appearing moles, often at a young age.
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2000) and several other precancerous conditions such as preleukemic states of adult T-cell leukemia (Nishino 1988), dysplastic nevus syndrome (Caporaso et al.
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