Erschienen in:
01.09.2006 | Case Report
The Trojan congenital melanocytic naevus: harbinger of childhood melanoma: case report and review of the literature
verfasst von:
E. C. A. Verschuur, J. J. van der Biezen, J. J. van Wingerden
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 3/2006
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Abstract
A 17-month-old girl presented with a medium-sized congenital melanocytic naevus on the dorsum of the right foot. Histological examination of the excised specimen revealed a malignant melanoma (Breslow thickness 3.2 mm, Clark level IV) in a compound naevus. Wider excision with a 20-mm margin, according to protocol, followed. No metastases were discovered on complete systemic investigation. The patient remains tumour-free, 5 years later. The clinical dilemma posed by the medium-sized melanocytic naevus, in relation to small and large congenital melanocytic naevi is discussed.