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ReviewDermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Dysplastic Nevi and Superficial Borderline Atypical Melanocytic Lesions: Description of an Algorithmic Clinico-Pathological Classification.

Sébastien Menzinger, Rastine Merat, Gürkan Kaya

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Review in Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Sébastien MenzingerDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2989-6264
Rastine MeratDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4439-3443
Gürkan KayaDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4957-549X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis, interpretation, and classification of melanocytic tumors is a very complex topic in the pathology and dermatopathology field that lacks standardization and is still subject to discordance and debate. Here, we review the definitions of dysplastic nevus and superficial atypical melanocytic proliferations and provide an overview of some areas still subject to debate and some attempts of standardization. Furthermore, we describe an algorithmic classification, and provide some examples of clinico-pathological correlation. This step-by-step algorithm has an educational purpose and may automatize the work of dermatopathologists. We hope that through further molecular studies, this fine-grained scheme will prove to be related to the biological behavior of these atypical melanocytic lesions.

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classificationclinico-pathological correlationdermatoscopydysplastic nevusmelanomasuperficial borderline atypical melanocytic lesion

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PMID39982351
PMCPMC11860396

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