Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Treatment Modalities and Management Options

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-240

  Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Borrego, John Paul ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ESTHETICS; EXCISION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOCYTOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCAR; SCREENING; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CURETTAGE; SKIN SURGERY; THERAPEUTIC DERMABRASION; THERAPEUTIC SKIN PEELING; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; CURETTAGE; DERMABRASION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41449115202     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Marghoob A.A. Congenital melanocytic nevi: evaluation and management. Dermatol Clin 20 (2002) 1-10
2. Makkar H.S., and Frieden I. Congenital melanocytic nevi: an update for the pediatrician. Curr Opin Pediatr 14 (2002) 397-403
3. Kopf A.W., Bart R.S., and Hennessey P. Congenital nevocytic nevi and malignant melanomas. J Am Acad Dermatol 1 (1979) 123-130
4. Lanier V.C., Pickrell K.L., and Georgiade N.G. Congenital giant nevi: Clinical and pathological considerations. Plast Reconst Surg 58 (1976) 48-54
5. Greeley P.W., Middleton A.G., and Curtin J.W. Incidence of malignancy in giant pigmented nevi. Plast Reconst Surg 36 (1965) 26-37
6. Weinberg M.J., Al-Qattam M.M., Zucker R.M., et al. Congenital giant pigmented nevi: Congenital features and risk of malignancy. Can J Plast Surg 4 (1996) 94
7. Pers M. Naevus pigmentosus giganticus. Indikationer for operativ behandling. Ugeskr Laeger 125 (1963) 613-619
8. Lorentzen M., Pers M., and Bretteville-Jensen G. The incidence of malignant transformation in giant pigmented nevi. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg 11 (1977) 163-167
9. Swerdlow A.J., English J.S.C., and Qiao Z. The risk of melanoma in patients with congenital nevi: A cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol 32 (1995) 595-599
10. Pilney F.T., Broadbent T.R., and Woolf M. Giant Pigmented Nevus of the Face. Plat Reconstr Surg 40 (1967) 469
11. Rhodes A.R., Albert L.S., and Weinstock M.A. Congenital nevomelanocytic nevi: Proportionate area expansion during infancy and early childhood. J Am Acad Dermatol 34 (1996) 51-62
12. Marghoob A.A., Schoenbach S.P., Kopf A.W., et al. Large congenital melanocytic nevi and the risk for the development of malignant melanoma: a prospective study. Arch Dermatol 132 (1996) 170-175
13. Gosain A.K., Santoro T.D., Larson D.L., et al. Giant congenital nevi: A 20-year experience and an algorithm for their management. Plast Reconstru Surg 108 (2001) 622-631
14. Koot H.M., de Waard-van der Spek F., Peer C.D., et al. Psychosocial sequelae in 29 children With giant congenital melanocytic naevi. Clin and Exp Derm 25 (2000) 589-593
15. Mollitt D.L., and Golladay E.S. Management of congenital nevocellular nevi. Am J Surg 150 (1985) 669-671
16. Vergnes P., Taieb A., Maleville J., et al. Repeated skin expansion for excision of congenital giant nevi in infancy and childhood. Plast Reconstr Surg 91 (1993) 450-455
17. Bauer B.S., and Vicari F.A. An approach to excision of congenital giant pigmented nevi in infancy and early childhood. Plast Reconstr Surg 82 (1988) 1012-1021
18. Gallico G.G., O'Connor N.E., Compton C.C., et al. Cultured epithelial autografts for giant congenital nevi. Plast Reconstr Surg 84 (1989) 1-9
19. Backman M.E., and Kopf A.W. Iatrogenic effects of general anesthesia in children: Considerations in treating large congenital nevocytic nevi. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 12 (1986) 363-367
20. Bohn J., Svensson H., and Aberg M. Dermabrasion of large congenital melanocytic naevi in Neonates. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 34 (2000) 321-326
21. Chait L.A., White B., and Skudowitz R.B. The treatment of giant hairy naevi by dermabrasion in the first few weeks of life. Case reports. S Afr Med J 60 (1981) 593-594
22. DeRaeve L.E., and Roseeuw D.I. Curettage of giant congenital melanocytic nevi in neonates. A decade later. Arch Dermatol 138 (2002) 943-947
23. Moss A.L. Congenital "giant" naevus: A preliminary report of a new surgical approach. Br J Plast Surg 40 (1987) 410-419
24. De Raeve L.E., De Coninck A.L., Dierickx P.R., et al. Neonatal curettage of giant congenital melanocytic nevi. Arch Dermatol 132 (1996) 20-22
25. Hopkins J.D., Smith A.W., and Jackson I.T. Adjunctive treatment of congenital pigmented nevi with phenol chemical peel. Plast Reconstr SurgM 105 (2000) 1-11
26. Ruiz-Maldonado R., Tamayo L., Laterza A.M., et al. Giant pigmented nevi: Clinical, histopathologic, and therapeutic considerations. J Pediatr 120 (1992) 906-911
27. Lawrence C.M. Treatment options for giant congenital naevi. Clin Exp Dermatol 25 (2000) 7-11
28. Kay A.R., Kenealy J., and Mercer N.S.G. Successful treatment of a giant congenital melanocytic naevus with the high energy pulsed CO2 laser. Br J Plast Surg 51 (1998) 22-24
29. Stratigos A.J. Should lasers be used in the treatment of nevomelanocytic nevi?. Med Surg Derm 6 (1999) 99-101
30. Imayama S., and Ueda S. Long- and short-term histological observations of congenital nevi treated with the normal-mode ruby laser. Arch Dermatol 135 (1999) 1211-1218
31. Grevelink J.M., van Leeuwen R.L., Anderson R.R., et al. Clinical and histological responses of congenital melanocytic nevi after single treatment with Q-switched lasers. Arch Dermatol 133 (1997) 349-353
32. Nelson J.S., and Kelly K.M. Q-switched ruby laser treatment of a congenital melanocytic nevus. Dermatol Surg 25 (1999) 274-276
33. Waldorf H.A., Kauvar A.N.B., and Geronemus R.G. Treatment of small and medium congenital nevi with the Q-Switched Ruby Laser. Arch Dermatol 132 (1996) 301-304
34. Duke D., Byers H.R., Sober A.J., et al. Treatment of benign and atypical nevi with the normal-mode ruby laser and the Q-switched ruby laser: clinical improvement but failure to completely eliminate nevomelanocytes. Arch Dermatol 135 (1999) 290-296
35. Kono T., Nozaki M., Chan H.H., et al. Combined use of normal mode and Q- switched ruby lasers in the treatment of congenital melanocytic naevi. Br J Plast Surg 54 (2001) 640-643
36. Trau H., Orenstein A., Schewach-Miller M., et al. Pseudomelanoma following laser therapy for congenital nevus. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 12 (1986) 984-986
37. Egan C.L., Oliveria S.A., Elenitsas R., et al. Cutaneous melanoma risk and phenotypic Changes in large congenital nevi: A follow-up study of 46 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 39 (1998) 923-932
38. Dawson H.A., Atherton D.J., and Mayou B. A prospective study of congenital melanocytic Naevi: progress report and evaluation after 6 years. Br J Dermatol 1996 134 (1996) 617-623
39. DeDavid M., Orlow S.J., Provost N., et al. Neurocutaneous melanosis: clinical features of large congenital melanocytic nevi in patients with manifest central nervous system melanosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 35 (1996) 529-538
40. Frieden I.J., Williams M.L., and Barkovich A.J. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: Brain magnetic resonance findings in neurologically asymptomatic children. J Am Acad Dermatol 31 (1994) 423-429
41. Esterly N.B. Management of congenital melanocytic nevi: A decade later. Pediat Dermatol 13 (1991) 321-340
42. Foster R.D., Williams M.L., Barkovich A.J., et al. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: The significance of neurocutaneous melanosis in neurologically asymptomatic children. Plast Reconstr Surg 107 (2001) 933-941
43. Hall D.E., Udvarhelyi G.B., and Altman J. Lumbosacral skin lesions as markers of occult spinal dysraphism. JAMA 246 (1981) 2606-2608
44. Kinsler V.A., Aylett S.E., Coley S.C., et al. Cental nervous system imaging and congenital melanocytic naevi. Arch Dis Child 84 (2001) 152-155
45. Hanawa Y., Wakamatsu K., and Ikeda S. Serum concentration of 5-S-cysteinyldopa in pediatric patients with giant pigmented nevi. J Dermatol 23 (1996) 16-21
46. Nehal K.S., Oliveria S.A., Marghoob A.A., et al. Use of and beliefs about baseline photography in the management of patients with pigmented lesions: a survey of dermatology residency programmes in the United States. Melanoma Res 12 (2002) 161-167
47. Rhodes A.R., Wood W.C., Sober A.J., et al. Nonepidermal origin of malignant Melanoma associated with a giant congenital nevocellular nevus. Plast Reconstr Surg 67 (1981) 782-790
48. Mancianti M., Clark W.H., Hayes F.N., et al. Malignant melanoma simulants arising in congenital melanocytic nevi do not show experimental evidence for a malignant phenotype. Am J Pathol 136 (1990) 817-829
49. Leech S., Bell H., Lewis-Jones S., et al. Giant congenital pigmented naevi with proliferating nodules occurring in two neonates. Br J Dermatol 141 (1999) 32-33
50. Kovach R., Hochberg J., Ardenghy M., et al. Diagnosing and treating congenital melanocytic nevus simulating malignant melanoma. W V Med J 92 (1996) 191-193
51. Bastian B.C., Ieboit P.E., and Pinkel D. Genomic approaches to skin cancer diagnosis. Arch Dermatol 137 (2001) 1507-1511
52. Faillace W.J., Okawara S.H., and McDonald J.V. Neurocutaneous melanosis with extensive Intracerebral and spinal cord involvement. Report of two cases. J Neurosurg 61 (1984) 782-785
53. Barkovich A.J., Frieden J.J., and Williams M.L. MR of neurocutaneus melanosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 15 (1994) 859-867
54. Special Symposium: Management of congenital melanocytic nevi: A decade later. Pediatr Dermatol 13 (1996) 321-340
55. Bono A., Bartoli C., Zurrida S.M., Delprato I., et al. Let's stop worrying about pigmented skin lesions in children. Eur J Cancer 30A (1994) 417 (abstr)
56. Seidenari S., and Pellacani G. Surface microscopy features of congenital nevi. Clin Dermatol 20 (2002) 263-267
57. Ceballos P.I., Ruiz-Maldonado, and Mihm Jr. M.C. Melanoma in children. N Engl J Med 333 (1995) 255-257