Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Catch Them Early!

We report a 2-week-old neonate with a large congenital melanocytic nevus over face treated with surgical curettage followed by a combination of carbon dioxide laser and Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet lasers. The results were satisfactory with near complete resolution after 1 year...

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Autores principales: Natarajan, Karthika, Arunachalam, Pavai, Sundar, D, Srinivas, C R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23723605
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.110097
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author Natarajan, Karthika
Arunachalam, Pavai
Sundar, D
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description We report a 2-week-old neonate with a large congenital melanocytic nevus over face treated with surgical curettage followed by a combination of carbon dioxide laser and Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet lasers. The results were satisfactory with near complete resolution after 1 year of age. This case is reported to emphasize the timely management and the importance of curettage prior to development of rete ridges.
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spelling pubmed-36631762013-05-30 Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Catch Them Early! Natarajan, Karthika Arunachalam, Pavai Sundar, D Srinivas, C R J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report We report a 2-week-old neonate with a large congenital melanocytic nevus over face treated with surgical curettage followed by a combination of carbon dioxide laser and Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet lasers. The results were satisfactory with near complete resolution after 1 year of age. This case is reported to emphasize the timely management and the importance of curettage prior to development of rete ridges. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3663176/ /pubmed/23723605 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.110097 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Catch Them Early!
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title_full_unstemmed Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Catch Them Early!
title_short Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Catch Them Early!
title_sort congenital melanocytic nevi: catch them early!
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663176/
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