Giant congenital melanocytic nevi of the trunk and an algorithm for treatment

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 886-893

  Arneja, Jugpal S ^a,b   Gosain, Arun K ^a,b  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin ^*

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital melanocytic nevi; Malignant transformation; Neurocutaneous melanosis; Treatment; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEVUS CELL; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ALGORITHMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHEMEXFOLIATION; DERMABRASION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26444473625     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000183356.41637.f5     Document Type: Review

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