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Amelanotic naevoid melanoma in a 16‐month‐old albino infant
Author(s) -
Knöpfel N.,
MartínSantiago A.,
Del Pozo L. J.,
Saus C.,
Pascual M.,
Requena L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/ced.12996
Subject(s) - amelanotic melanoma , oculocutaneous albinism , dermatology , melanoma , basal cell , medicine , pathology , albinism , biology , cancer research , paleontology
Summary Melanoma in individuals with oculocutaneous albinism has been reported in the literature to be rare compared with the more common occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. We present a singular case of amelanotic naevoid melanoma arising from a small congenital naevus in a 16‐month old albino boy, the youngest reported to date.