National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Benign Skin Melanocytic Nevus
Synonyms

Benign Nevus of the Skin

Benign Nevus of Skin

Benign Skin Melanocytic Nevus

Benign Melanocytic Nevus of the Skin

Benign Melanocytic Nevus

Benign Mole

Benign Melanocytic Nevus of Skin

Benign Skin Nevus

Definitions

A circumscribed proliferation of melanocytes in the skin. It is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. Variants include the Spitz nevus, halo nevus, blue nevus, and balloon cell nevus.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C7571

code

C7571

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C126659

DEFINITION

A circumscribed proliferation of melanocytes in the skin. It is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. Variants include the Spitz nevus, halo nevus, blue nevus, and balloon cell nevus.

FULL_SYN

Benign Nevus of the Skin

Benign Nevus of Skin

Benign Skin Melanocytic Nevus

Benign Melanocytic Nevus of the Skin

Benign Melanocytic Nevus

Benign Mole

Benign Melanocytic Nevus of Skin

Benign Skin Nevus

label

Benign Skin Melanocytic Nevus

Legacy Concept Name

Benign_Melanocytic_Nevus

Neoplastic_Status

Benign

Preferred_Name

Benign Skin Melanocytic Nevus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C7571

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C1456781

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2896

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C7570

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C7161

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