Junctional nevus

Author: Mikael Häggström ^{[note 1]}
Suspected dysplastic nevus (also called dysplastic melanocytic nevus).

Evaluation

Review of clinical information, mainly:^[1]

Microscopy
Classify into either of the following:

Parameter	Low-grade dysplasia		High-grade dysplasia		Suspected melanoma in situ
Parameter	Mild	Moderate	Severe		Suspected melanoma in situ
Delimitation	Rarely diffuse	Sometimes diffuse	Often diffuse	Often diffuse
Lentiginous proliferation	Yes, along with rete pegs	Yes, along with and focally between rete pegs	Yes, along with and focally between rete pegs	Yes partially continuous, multilayered Error creating thumbnail:
Notes ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details. Main page Main page of Patholines References ↑ Katarzyna Lundmark, Britta Krynitz, Ismini Vassilaki, Lena Mölne, Annika Ternesten Bratel. Histopatologisk bedömning och gradering av dysplastiskt nevus samt gränsdragning mot melanom in situ/melanom (Histopathological assessment and grading of dysplastic nevus and distinction from melanoma in situ/melanoma). KVAST (Swedish Society of Pathology). Retrieved on 2019-09-18. Image sources