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A Newborn with Nodular Ulcerated Lesion on a Giant Congenital Nevus
Author(s) -
Borbujo J.,
Jara M.,
Cortes L.,
Sanchez de Leon L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2000.01782.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , nodule (geology) , nevus , pathology , dermatology , melanoma , paleontology , cancer research , biology
The proliferative nodule is a lesion that develops within a congenital nevus. It is usually small (less than 5 mm), sometimes multiple, with a slow growth rate, and has a black or dark brown, smooth, shiny surface. It usually involutes spontaneously. We report a newborn infant who, at birth, had a giant congenital nevus with a nodular, ulcerative, hemorrhagic lesion within it. Physical and neurologic examinations were normal. Radiologic studies at birth and subsequently were normal. A fragment of the lesion was biopsied and histologic findings were compatible with a diagnosis of proliferative nodule in a giant congenital nevus. The rest of the nodule regressed spontaneously after 4 months.