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Placental Nevus Cells Associated with Giant Congenital Pigmented Nevi
Author(s) -
Antaya Richard J.,
Keller Richard A.,
Wilkerson James A.
Publication year - 1995
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 - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1995.tb00173.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nevus , dermatology , chorionic villi , placenta , fetus , pathology , pregnancy , melanoma , biology , cancer research , genetics
We present an infant born with a giant congenital pigmented nevus. The placenta revealed nests of nevus cells in the chorionic villi on the fetal side of circulation. These findings are consistent with four reports in the literature to date.