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A case of giant bathing trunk naevus with neurofibroma‐like change
Author(s) -
WHITTAM L.R.,
MACDONALD D.M.,
HAY R.J.
Publication year - 1996
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/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - trunk , bathing , medicine , nevus , dermatology , pathology , biology , melanoma , ecology , cancer research
Summary It is recognized that cells of melanocytic naevi may resemble neuroid structures and the term neurotization has been used to describe this phenomenon. This may result in difficulty in the historical differentiation between naevi and neurofibromas. We report the case of a patient with a giant bathing trunk naevus which has undergone marked neurotization and in whom there had been diagnostic difficulty.