Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report

Giant melanocytic nevus is a rare condition caused by benign proliferation of melanocytes. There is a slight risk of malignancy in these lesions which should be noticed especially when they become larger. GCMN can be removed by plastic surgery.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mohaghegh, Fatemeh, Asilian, Ali, Nabavinejad, Samin, Rezaei, Mina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8117826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3807
_version_ 1783691648738263040
author Mohaghegh, Fatemeh
Asilian, Ali
Nabavinejad, Samin
Rezaei, Mina
author_facet Mohaghegh, Fatemeh
Asilian, Ali
Nabavinejad, Samin
Rezaei, Mina
author_sort Mohaghegh, Fatemeh
collection PubMed
description Giant melanocytic nevus is a rare condition caused by benign proliferation of melanocytes. There is a slight risk of malignancy in these lesions which should be noticed especially when they become larger. GCMN can be removed by plastic surgery.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8117826
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-81178262021-05-20 Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report Mohaghegh, Fatemeh Asilian, Ali Nabavinejad, Samin Rezaei, Mina Clin Case Rep Case Reports Giant melanocytic nevus is a rare condition caused by benign proliferation of melanocytes. There is a slight risk of malignancy in these lesions which should be noticed especially when they become larger. GCMN can be removed by plastic surgery. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8117826/ /pubmed/34026121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3807 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Mohaghegh, Fatemeh
Asilian, Ali
Nabavinejad, Samin
Rezaei, Mina
Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report
title Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report
title_full Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report
title_fullStr Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report
title_short Giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: A case report
title_sort giant cerebriform melanocytic nevus of the scalp: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8117826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3807
work_keys_str_mv AT mohagheghfatemeh giantcerebriformmelanocyticnevusofthescalpacasereport
AT asilianali giantcerebriformmelanocyticnevusofthescalpacasereport
AT nabavinejadsamin giantcerebriformmelanocyticnevusofthescalpacasereport
AT rezaeimina giantcerebriformmelanocyticnevusofthescalpacasereport

Ejemplares similares