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Role of Positron Emission Tomography in the Management of Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis
Author(s) -
CABANILLAS MIGUEL,
GINARTE MANUEL,
MONTEAGUDO BENIGNO,
TORIBIO JAIME
Publication year - 2009
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.1525-1470.2009.00915.x
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , tomography , nuclear medicine , radiology
Management of large congenital melanocytic nevi and neurocutaneous melanocytosis represents a difficult challenge for clinicians, due to the high risk of malignancy in both entities and the difficulty of an early diagnosis of this complication. We report a new case of neurocutaneous melanocytosis (NCM) in association with large congenital melanocytic nevi (LCMN) that illustrates a possible role of positron emission tomography in the work‐up of these patients.