• Medicina · Jan 2024

    Case Reports

    Melanoma arising in a child with a medium-sized congenital melanocytic nevus.

    • María Victoria Montes, Carla Castro, Javier Anaya, Diego Steinberg, and Corina Busso.
    • Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Austral, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: mmontes@cas.austral.edu.ar.
    • Medicina (B Aires). 2024 Jan 1; 84 (5): 100210061002-1006.

    AbstractPediatric melanomas are rare and some of them may arise on giant congenital melanocytic nevi. The risk of developing melanoma on a medium-sized nevus is not clear but is thought to be very rare. Proliferative cellular nodules which mimic malignant melanoma may pose significant diagnostic challenges. We report the case of a 9-year-old patient who developed a melanoma on a medium-sized congenital melanocytic nevus on the tip of the nose, requiring a complex surgery with excellent aesthetic results.

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