What's beneath this love-heart shaped lesion?
Confusion persists as to the role of naevi in malignant melanoma cases
23rd March 2018
The majority of melanomas arise without any evidence of a pre-existing naevus.
In cases where melanoma does occur in association with a naevus, there is persisting confusion about whether the malignancy arises as a distinct clone of cells within that naevus or whether the naevus undergoes a transition to melanoma.