Congenital giant melanocytic nevi

Nevi are common skin tumors caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells from the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Most nevi are benign, but some pre-cancerous nevi must be monitored or removed. The giant congenital nevus is greater than 10 cm in size, pigmented and often hairy. Between 4% and 6%...

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Autores principales: Hashmi, Ghulam S, Ahmed, Syed S, Khan, Shahla
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139903
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e9
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author Hashmi, Ghulam S
Ahmed, Syed S
Khan, Shahla
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description Nevi are common skin tumors caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells from the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Most nevi are benign, but some pre-cancerous nevi must be monitored or removed. The giant congenital nevus is greater than 10 cm in size, pigmented and often hairy. Between 4% and 6% of these lesions will develop into a malignant melanoma. Since approximately 50% of the melanoma develop by the age of two, and 80% by the age of seven, early removal is recommended. The objective of this paper is to present a unique case of giant nevi and their surgical management.
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spelling pubmed-29944292010-12-07 Congenital giant melanocytic nevi Hashmi, Ghulam S Ahmed, Syed S Khan, Shahla Rare Tumors Case Report Nevi are common skin tumors caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells from the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Most nevi are benign, but some pre-cancerous nevi must be monitored or removed. The giant congenital nevus is greater than 10 cm in size, pigmented and often hairy. Between 4% and 6% of these lesions will develop into a malignant melanoma. Since approximately 50% of the melanoma develop by the age of two, and 80% by the age of seven, early removal is recommended. The objective of this paper is to present a unique case of giant nevi and their surgical management. PAGEPress Publications 2009-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2994429/ /pubmed/21139903 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e9 Text en ©Copyright G.S. Hashmi, et al., 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0)
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Congenital giant melanocytic nevi
title Congenital giant melanocytic nevi
title_full Congenital giant melanocytic nevi
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title_short Congenital giant melanocytic nevi
title_sort congenital giant melanocytic nevi
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139903
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e9
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