26. Nevoid melanoma

 
Quotation from the 9th edition of Lever's:
 
"Although related to minimal deviation melanoma, this term has been used somewhat differently. Nevoid melanomas have been defined as lesions that, to a greater or lesser extent, mimic a benign nevus histologically, often with an emphasis on a nevoid architecture (in contrast to a minimal deviation melanoma, where melanoma architecture tends to be preserved)."
 
Reference in the 9th edition to concepts contrary by A. Bernard Ackerman et al. (ABA): None.
 
Statements contrary by ABA:
 
" For more than two decades, histopathologists have resorted to a variety of circumlocutions in their attempts to avoid acknowledging their inability to diagnose some melanocytic neoplasms with specificity. Chief among these are the terms borderline melanoma; minimal-deviation melanoma; atypical melanocytic neoplasm; and melanocytic neoplasm with architectural disorder, cytologic atypia or moderate dysplasia. None of these phrases qualify as definitive; all are dodges of specific diagnosis. The same is true for nevoid melanoma! Xif the diagnosis is melanoma, it should be rendered directly as melanoma and not be vitiated as nevoid melanoma that at best is ill conceived and at worst badly muddled."
 
Ackerman AB, Mones J. Resolving Quandaries in Dermatology, Pathology and Dermatopathology. pp 268-273. New York: Ardor Scribendi, 2001.
 
Other works of ABA in which the ideas contrary are expressed:
 
1. Ackerman AB. Mythology and numerology in the sphere of melanoma. Cancer 88(3):491-496, 2000.