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.
This congenital nevus, located on the patient's back, was biopsied and found to be a category 1 superficial compound nevus. Compound nevi (a histologic diagnosis) often have features in common with malignant melanoma, such as asymmetry and poor circumscription.