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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(5):723-728. Published online May 15, 1992.

A Case of Congenital Giant Pigmented Nevus

Seung Wan SW Lee¹, Wu Ha WH You¹, Chang Bin CB Im¹, Chang Woo CW Lee², Chan Kum CK Park³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Dae Han Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Dermatology, Han Yang University, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, Han Yang University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The congenital giant pigmented nevus, also known as bathing trunk nevus, is a severely disfiguring lesion covering large areas of the body surface. Although the occurrence of giant nevi in childhood is uncommon, it is frequent enough to represent a source of guilt for parents, and psychic trauma, and is advised. For those patients who do not choose to undergo surgical removal of the lesion or who are not surgical candidates, close follow-up every six to 12 month of life female. We report this case with brief review of some related literature.

Keywords :Congenital Giant Pigmented Nevus