Cargando…

Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report

Agminated nevus is a cluster group of melanocytic nevi confined to a localized area of the body. There are many pigmented lesions described in the literature as agminated, such as blue nevi, multiple lentigines and Spitz nevi, but only a few cases of congenital agminated melanocytic nevi have been d...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: da Rocha, Camila Roos Mariano, Grazziotin, Thaís Corsetti, Rey, Maria Carolina Widholzer, Luzzatto, Laura, Bonamigo, Renan Rangel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132137
_version_ 1782297444415963136
author da Rocha, Camila Roos Mariano
Grazziotin, Thaís Corsetti
Rey, Maria Carolina Widholzer
Luzzatto, Laura
Bonamigo, Renan Rangel
author_facet da Rocha, Camila Roos Mariano
Grazziotin, Thaís Corsetti
Rey, Maria Carolina Widholzer
Luzzatto, Laura
Bonamigo, Renan Rangel
author_sort da Rocha, Camila Roos Mariano
collection PubMed
description Agminated nevus is a cluster group of melanocytic nevi confined to a localized area of the body. There are many pigmented lesions described in the literature as agminated, such as blue nevi, multiple lentigines and Spitz nevi, but only a few cases of congenital agminated melanocytic nevi have been described. We report a case of a male child who presented with congenital agminated nevi, emphasizing the importance of physical examination, dermoscopy, histopathological evaluation, differential diagnosis and follow up to rule out the possibility of dysplastic or malignant changes.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3875981
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38759812014-01-08 Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report da Rocha, Camila Roos Mariano Grazziotin, Thaís Corsetti Rey, Maria Carolina Widholzer Luzzatto, Laura Bonamigo, Renan Rangel An Bras Dermatol Case Report Agminated nevus is a cluster group of melanocytic nevi confined to a localized area of the body. There are many pigmented lesions described in the literature as agminated, such as blue nevi, multiple lentigines and Spitz nevi, but only a few cases of congenital agminated melanocytic nevi have been described. We report a case of a male child who presented with congenital agminated nevi, emphasizing the importance of physical examination, dermoscopy, histopathological evaluation, differential diagnosis and follow up to rule out the possibility of dysplastic or malignant changes. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3875981/ /pubmed/24346910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132137 Text en ©2013 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
da Rocha, Camila Roos Mariano
Grazziotin, Thaís Corsetti
Rey, Maria Carolina Widholzer
Luzzatto, Laura
Bonamigo, Renan Rangel
Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
title Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
title_full Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
title_fullStr Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
title_full_unstemmed Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
title_short Congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
title_sort congenital agminated melanocytic nevus - case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132137
work_keys_str_mv AT darochacamilaroosmariano congenitalagminatedmelanocyticnevuscasereport
AT grazziotinthaiscorsetti congenitalagminatedmelanocyticnevuscasereport
AT reymariacarolinawidholzer congenitalagminatedmelanocyticnevuscasereport
AT luzzattolaura congenitalagminatedmelanocyticnevuscasereport
AT bonamigorenanrangel congenitalagminatedmelanocyticnevuscasereport