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.
Objective: The objective of this review is to determine what. size congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) increases the risk of. malignant melanoma in affected patients. Background: Congenital melanocytic nevi are benign prolif-. erations of cutaneous melanocytes apparent at birth or in the. first postnatal weeks.