Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus

Giant congenital melanocytic nevus (GCMN) is a large melanocytic nevus that rarely occurs in the periorbital region. Various systemic, as well as ophthalmic associations, have been reported with GCMN. However, there is only one case report describing ophthalmic findings in periorbital GCMN. We descr...

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Autores principales: Raina, Usha K., Seth, Anisha, Gupta, Anika, Batta, Supriya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25378884
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.142602
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author Raina, Usha K.
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description Giant congenital melanocytic nevus (GCMN) is a large melanocytic nevus that rarely occurs in the periorbital region. Various systemic, as well as ophthalmic associations, have been reported with GCMN. However, there is only one case report describing ophthalmic findings in periorbital GCMN. We describe the ocular findings in a case of periorbital GCMN.
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spelling pubmed-42204062014-11-06 Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus Raina, Usha K. Seth, Anisha Gupta, Anika Batta, Supriya Oman J Ophthalmol Clinical Image Giant congenital melanocytic nevus (GCMN) is a large melanocytic nevus that rarely occurs in the periorbital region. Various systemic, as well as ophthalmic associations, have been reported with GCMN. However, there is only one case report describing ophthalmic findings in periorbital GCMN. We describe the ocular findings in a case of periorbital GCMN. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4220406/ /pubmed/25378884 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.142602 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Raina UK, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
title Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
title_full Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
title_fullStr Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
title_full_unstemmed Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
title_short Ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
title_sort ocular findings in a case of periorbital giant congenital melanocytic nevus
topic Clinical Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25378884
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.142602
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