New Images from NCI Visuals Online

New Images from NCI Visuals Online

Common Mole
04/13/2016 01:00 PM EDT
	The common mole shown here is 1 millimeter in diameter (the width of the tip of a sharpened pencil). A common mole is a growth on the skin that develops when pigment cells (melanocytes) grow in clusters. Most adults have between 10 and 40 common moles. Another name for a mole is a nevus. The plural is nevi. Although common moles are not cancerous, people who have more than 50 common moles have an increased chance of developing melanoma.

Common Mole
04/13/2016 01:00 PM EDT
	The common mole shown here is 2 millimeters in diameter (the width of the tip of a new crayon). A common mole is a growth on the skin that develops when pigment cells (melanocytes) grow in clusters. Most adults have between 10 and 40 common moles. Another name for a mole is a nevus. The plural is nevi. Although common moles are not cancerous, people who have more than 50 common moles have an increased chance of developing melanoma.

Common Mole
04/13/2016 01:00 PM EDT
	The common mole shown here is nearly 5 millimeters in diameter, which is the width of a new pencil eraser. A common mole is a growth on the skin that develops when pigment cells (melanocytes) grow in clusters. Most adults have between 10 and 40 common moles. Another name for a mole is a nevus. The plural is nevi. Although common moles are not cancerous, people who have more than 50 common moles have an increased chance of developing melanoma.

Common Mole
04/13/2016 01:00 PM EDT
	The common mole shown here is 2 millimeters in diameter (the width of the tip of a new crayon). A common mole is a growth on the skin that develops when pigment cells (melanocytes) grow in clusters. Most adults have between 10 and 40 common moles. Another name for a mole is a nevus. The plural is nevi. Although common moles are not cancerous, people who have more than 50 common moles have an increased chance of developing melanoma.

Common Mole
04/13/2016 01:00 PM EDT
	The common mole shown here is nearly 5 millimeters in diameter, which is the width of a new pencil eraser. A common mole is a growth on the skin that develops when pigment cells (melanocytes) grow in clusters. Most adults have between 10 and 40 common moles. Another name for a mole is a nevus. The plural is nevi. Although common moles are not cancerous, people who have more than 50 common moles have an increased chance of developing melanoma.

Lumbar Puncture - Spanish
04/13/2016 01:00 PM EDT
	Punción lumbar; la imagen muestra a un paciente acostado sobre una camilla en posición encorvada y una aguja intrarraquídea o espinal, la cual es larga y fina, que se inserta en la parte inferior de la espalda. El recuadro muestra una vista de cerca de esta aguja insertada en el líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR), en la parte inferior de la columna vertebral.