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NEVI [4 records]

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Record 1 2026-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
CONT

Genesis of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. ... In the scanning device, the illumination is incident on a small spot of the fundus for a short time period, the illumination beam is displaced to the adjacent small spot, and this continues until the field of view of the fundus is covered. Simultaneously, with the spot of illumination, the scattered light is detected; the accumulation of all of the light from all of the illuminated spots forms the image of the fundus as seen on the display of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope.

CONT

Scanning laser ophthalmoscopes produce high-contrast images even through narrow pupils. Using various color lasers, this method can [allow visualization of] particular structures of the retina noninvasively, i. e., without injection of a contrast agent. These structures include nerve fibers, drusen, nevi, and autofluorescent material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
DEF

Système ophtalmoscopique permettant d'obtenir une image de la surface rétinienne grâce à l'illumination par un faisceau laser mobile.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

The occurrence of dysplastic nevi in persons with or at risk for familial or nonfamilial malignant melanoma.

CONT

Some families have an inherited predisposition to develop melanomas. This condition is referred to as the dysplastic nevus syndrome (DNS) or the familial atypical mole melanoma (FAMM) syndrome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Épiderme et derme
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Le syndrome du nævus dysplasique, appelé encore «FAMMM syndrome» (familial atypical multiple mole melanoma) représente près de 95 % des mélanomes familiaux. Les nævi dysplasiques seraient des précurseurs vrais du mélanome malin (MM) et 40 % des mélanomes superficiels extensifs (superficial spreading melanoma - S.S.M.) surviendraient sur nævus dysplasique. Leur présence permet d'identifier dans les familles de mélanomes les sujets à haut risque (ce risque approche 100 %).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Epidermis y dermis
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Presencia familiar de nuevus displásicos.

OBS

Las personas que tienen este síndrome tienen un mayor riesgo de desarrollar melanoma.

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Record 3 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

A circumscribed intradermal nevus of blue-black color composed of dermal melanocytes that are bipolar dendritic cells and that usually contain large quantities of melanin pigment. The nevi develop as discrete nodular growths 2-15 mm in diameter on the face, forearms, and hands during childhood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin.

OBS

The excess (or deficiency) of tissue may involve epidermal, connective tissue, adnexal, nervous, or vascular elements.

OBS

nevus: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

OBS

Plural :nevi.

Key term(s)
  • nevi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Altération cutanée prenant la forme d'une tache ou d'une tumeur.

OBS

Souvent congénitale, d'origine embryonnaire, elle peut aussi n'apparaître que longtemps après la naissance.

OBS

Pluriel : nævi.

Key term(s)
  • naevi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Piel
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Área pigmentada de la piel de origen congénito.

OBS

Puede presentar abultamiento y crecimiento capilar. Puede ser el origen de un melanoma, por lo que se debe observar cualquier cambio en ellos.

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