Benign melanocytic skin nevus

Summary

Benign melanocytic skin nevus (MONDO:0044794) is a disease and 1 clinical trial. A subtype of melanocytic nevus — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Clinical trials: 1

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	benign melanocytic skin nevus
Mondo ID	MONDO:0044794
NCIT	C7571
UMLS	C1456781
MedGen	264151
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: benign melanocytic nevus · benign melanocytic nevus of skin · benign melanocytic nevus of the skin · benign melanocytic skin nevus · benign mole · benign nevus of skin · benign nevus of the skin · benign skin nevus

Disease family

This is a subtype of melanocytic nevus. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › integumentary system disorder › integumentary system benign neoplasm › benign neoplasm of skin › melanocytic nevus › benign melanocytic skin nevus

Related subtypes (27): conjunctival nevus, blue nevus, halo nevus, intradermal nevus, pigmented spindle cell nevus, nevus, epidermal, neurocutaneous melanocytosis, neutrophil actin dysfunction, CHILD syndrome, Becker nevus syndrome, CLOVES syndrome, nevus comedonicus syndrome, segmental outgrowth-lipomatosis-arteriovenous malformation-epidermal nevus syndrome, congenital panfollicular nevus, porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus, hereditary mucosal leukokeratosis, linear verrucous nevus syndrome, nevus of Ota, nevus of Ito, phakomatosis pigmentokeratotica, PENS syndrome, Angora hair nevus, didymosis aplasticosebacea, scalp syndrome, Nevada syndrome, palpebral nevus, large congenital melanocytic nevus

Subtypes (2): spitz nevus, desmoplastic nevus

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 1.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

Phase	Trials
Not specified	1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCT	Phase	Status	Title
NCT06661577	Not specified	NOT_YET_RECRUITING	An Observational Study Using The LumAssure Device In Participants Undergoing Assessment Of Skin Conditions.