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atypical mole path report question

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    • May 6, 2018 at 8:47 pm
    Leah22
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      i had some moles biopsied and some came back mild and one moderate atypical. this was in all the path reports and i am wondering if it is concerning at all – 'there is a proliferation of melanocytes arranged mostly in nests at the dermoepidermal junction which focally tend to coalesce.' i read something before about microscopic hallmarks of SSM being "large melanocytic cells with nest formation along the dermo-epidermal junction," and while mine came back atypical and not melanoma, that worried me a little.

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        • May 9, 2018 at 1:09 am
        almostalice
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          If it makes you feel any better many of my path reports are worded like this. It’s a very technical subject area often they communicate in high level obscure language.

          SSM means superficial spreading melanoma (I wish “spreading” was reworded), the most common kind. Microscopic means heck this is pretty small scale and nothing too major.

          It doesn’t sound like it made it as a melanoma in-situ … But it should be monitored in case. Atypical moles can be where Melanoma starts.

          Moles are basically collections of melanocytes (pigment producing cells). A large grouping of them is normal yours may be “unevenly distributed” in the sample. It’s when they start multiplying abnornally that they then form into Melanoma. Where there are large groupings of cells there’s a bigger chance but not a certain chance of something starting.

          SSM is the most common kind and actually carries better outcomes as they are going along the skin, not down into it.

          You don’t have melanoma. But keep up with the self checks.

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