There are two basic kinds of medical test results: 1  Tests that give yes or no answers (usually used for diagnostic purposes) 2  Tests that give relative results, as in measuring something to be higher or lower, bigger or smaller than before, or inside or outside a normal range.
[edit on Wikidata] A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus) is a type of lesion that contains nevus cells (a type of melanocyte). Some sources equate the term mole with melanocytic nevus. Other sources reserve the term mole for other purposes.
Need help reading lab report of atypical melanocytic proliferation. I have 100+ moles and freckles on my body as a pale skinned blonde. I use sunblock now but growing up I tanned/sunburned myself. I have had numerous moles removed and the report comes back as dysplastic Nevus but this last biopsy showed an atypical melanocytic proliferation. The microscope description says there is an irregular proliferation of melanocytes discontinuously and irregularly spaced.