Pre-cancerous skin lesion on the thigh of a 56-year-old woman. Histological examination revealed this to be a melanocytic intraepithelial neoplasia (M

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Pre-cancerous skin lesion on the thigh of a 56-year-old woman. Histological examination revealed this to be a melanocytic intraepithelial neoplasia (MIN), or melanoma in situ. This results from an abnormal growth of the epithelial cells that form the epidermis (top skin layer). This lesion was surgically excised.

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