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Giant bathing trunk naevus with lymphadenopathy and unusual pathology
Author(s) -
West E.A.,
McPartland J.L.,
Rigby H.,
Parslew R.A.G.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08062.x
Subject(s) - trunk , medicine , bathing , pathology , biopsy , lymph node , giant cell , histology , lymph node biopsy , dermatology , nevus , melanoma , biology , ecology , cancer research
Summary Giant congenital melanocytic naevi remain a challenge to clinicians and histopathologists with respect to observation for malignant change and interpretation of histology findings, respectively. We report a 5‐year‐old boy with a giant bathing trunk naevus who, after multiple previous skin biopsies, developed lymphadenopathy. Biopsy from the lymph nodes demonstrated collections of naevomelanocytes within the lymph node. Interpretation of these findings and subsequent management is discussed.