Clinical characteristics and risks of large congenital melanocytic naevi: A review of 31 patients at the Sydney Children's Hospital

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-223

  Chen, Andrew Chih Chieh ^a,b   McRae, Michelle Yvonne ^c   Wargon, Orli ^d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Montrose Medical Practice ^*  (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

large congenital melanocytic naevi; neurocutaneous melanocytosis; proliferative nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LARGE CONGENITAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL;

AUSTRALIA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865151307     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2012.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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