
After A Visit To The Dermatologist With 2 Biopsies Both

Regarding distinction between atypical nevus and melanoma
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Atypical mole is a clinical diagnosis and it can be of varied degrees. A severely atypical nevus may infact be an early invasive melanoma as the features are almost similar. Some signs which definitely suggest a melanoma is bleeding, crusting, itching, pain and white or bluish color variegation but are absent in dysplastic nevi. However, only a biopsy can conclusively distinguish a dysplastic nevus from an early melanoma by virtue of the fact that a melanoma is invasive i.e extends to the level of dermis unlike an atypical nevus which is confined to the epidermis. In either case, removal with clear margins is the goal.
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