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Congenital Giant Melanocytic Nevi

Author(s) -

Ghulam Sarwar Hashmi,

Syed Saeed Ahmed,

Shahla Khan

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2009.e9

Subject(s) - medicine , nevus , melanoma , dermatology , melanocytic nevus , congenital melanocytic nevus , pathology , cancer research

Nevi are common skin tumors caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells from the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Most nevi are benign, but some pre-cancerous nevi must be monitored or removed. The giant congenital nevus is greater than 10 cm in size, pigmented and often hairy. Between 4% and 6% of these lesions will develop into a malignant melanoma. Since approximately 50% of the melanoma develop by the age of two, and 80% by the age of seven, early removal is recommended. The objective of this paper is to present a unique case of giant nevi and their surgical management

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