Naevus, cocard nevus - Altmeyers Encyclopedia

Definition
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Benign, congenital, pigmented skin tumour consisting of nevus cells, in which different shades of brown are arranged in a coccardiac pattern.

The histological findings are benign and usually consist of a central compound nevus, with the junctional pattern continuing to the periphery.

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Dermatology

Rare, chronic, usually benign, inflammatory skin disease(dermatologically accentuated systemic disease) of ...

Dermatology

Benign, circumscribed, often painful or itchy (inflammatory) connective tissue proliferations affecting a s...

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Dermatology

Old, burnt-out melanocytic nevus in which the connective tissue stroma has largely displaced the melanocytes.

Dermatology

Lichen sclerosus (lichen from Greek leichen = lichen, sclerosus from Greek skleros = hard, dry, brittle) is...

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Editor: Dr. Michael Hambardzumyan