Talk:Nevus/Archive 1

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Matthewdizon-89. Peer reviewers: NeilSZhang.

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Merge with Birthmark
It would be inaccurate to merge nevus with birthmark. Birthmarks are congenital nevi, but there are many other types of nevi which are not present at birth. &mdash;Brim 03:25, 5 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Further discussion at Talk:Birthmark Zeimusu | Talk page 13:26, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Someone needs to check this page for accuracy. Dysplasic nevi do transform into Melanoma, according to their page and everything else I've read. I don't feel qualified to make these changes, however. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.99.25 (talk) 10:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

unfinished information...
This article is lacking information about nevi being located in the eyes. Sometimes located in the iris viewed by the naked eye, or in my case, behind the eye and only located through a rountine eye exam..This can result in the removal of the eye at the most extreme cases....People need to be aware and educated on this!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.99.19.63 (talk) 22:27, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

other types of nevus
My son has a large darkened region on his chest -- about six inches across. We went to the dermatologist, who said it was harmless, and gave it a name -- some kind of nevus, but now, thinking about it, I can't remember what he called it -- so I came on here trying to figure out what he said -- and I find this very pitiful little article. It really doesn't say much at all about the topic, certainly not about different types of nevus, like my son has. Can someone beef this up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 01:55, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Also oculas nevi? --Pitke (talk) 18:12, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20080415212836/http://www.pathologyresources.com:80/AFIP/melanocytic/chap02.htm to http://www.pathologyresources.com/AFIP/melanocytic/chap02.htm

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UCSF WikiProject Medicine
I am currently editing and updating the Nevus page. The previous version of this page focused on melanocytic nevi, assuming that readers were looking information about these common nevi. Because a separate page already exists for melanocytic nevi, my goal was to revise the general nevus page to perform the function of directing readers to appropriate content.

To date, I have revised the lead, classification, and diagnosis sections. I am currently drafting a treatment section to reflect the range of management options used to treat nevi in general. I am debating whether to insert an epidemiology and prognosis section given that this information would be specific to specific types of nevi, and this information may already be available on the individual pages of each nevus type. I plan to revise and add content, before completing the final step of editing language for a general (non-medical) audience.

Matthewdizon-89 (talk) 03:09, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

UCSF WikiProject Medicine Peer-review
Hello Matthewdizon-89,

I am giving feedback as part of the UCSF WikiProject Medicine class. In general, the changes look great and I think this article is now more comprehensive and readable. It serves the purpose of being a portal page for readers to find more specific types of nevi. I really like all the added pictures because of the importance of visuals in dermatology. Here are some specific pieces of feedback:

-Add additional hyperlinks to existing wiki articles for the first time new medical terms are used, eg: in the classification section, sentence 1, you can hyperlink melanocyte to the existing wiki page on melanocytes. (Neoplasia and hyperplasia, in the same sentence, can also be hyperlinked.)

-Consider defining “hypermelanotic” and “hypomelanotic” in the classification section.

-In the classification section, consider adding a sentence underneath “Congenital melanocytic nevus” explaining that they are classified based on size. (Similar to what you did for Acquired melanocytic nevus.)

-I think I remember that you were having some trouble with formatting the location of pictures, so I’m not sure if this is possible, but it would be useful to have pictures next to their associated text so that readers don’t have to scroll down to find the picture.

-In general, the language is very readable. I like your goal of editing further to make the writing appropriate for a general Wikipedia audience. I noticed you used the phrase “ancillary tests” in the diagnostic section, which you could probably change to a different phrase.

Great work on a highly visible article!

NeilSZhang (talk) 17:15, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Increased melanin
Is their a difference between increased melanin and melanocytes? Doesn't one equal the other generally? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:21, 16 December 2016 (UTC)