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ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2017

Late Onset Achromatic Melanoma Arising in a Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus.

Georgi Tchernev, James W Patterson, Ilko Bakardzhiev, Torello Lotti, Jacopo Lotti, Katlein França, Atanas Batashki, Uwe Wollina

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Article in Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Georgi TchernevDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, and Onkoderma Polyclinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
James W PattersonDepartments of Pathology and Dermatology, University of Virginia Health System, Hospital Expansion, 3rd Floor, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Ilko BakardzhievMedical College, Medical University of Varna, Varna 9000, Bulgaria.
Torello LottiDepartment of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC, Delft, The Netherlands.
Jacopo LottiDepartment of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, University of Rome "G. Marconi", Rome, Italy.
Katlein FrançaInstitute for Bioethics & Health Policy; Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Miami, FL, USA.
Atanas BatashkiDepartment of Special Surgery, Medical University of Plovdiv, bul. "Peshtersko shose" Nr 66, 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Uwe WollinaDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Friedrichstrasse 41, 01067, Dresden, Germany.
Delft University of Technology · NLKrankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman, with a lifelong history of a giant congenital melanocytic nevus in the occipital region with secondary development of giant melanoma is presented. Surgical excision was performed, and the histopathological evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of Giant Malignant Melanoma (GMM) with a maximum tumour thickness of 16 mm. Nowadays, there is tremendous uncertainty regarding how giant congenital melanocytic nevi (GCMN) should be treated. The standard approach to patients with late onset giant congenital melanocytic nevi (GCMN is based on two main considerations: (1) obtain an acceptable cosmetic results with the purpose to decrease the psychosocial inconvenience to each patient, and (2) to attempt to minimise the risk of development of malignant transformation. Unfortunately complete surgical removal of the GCMN is usually difficult and very often impossible without subsequent functional or cosmetic mutilations.

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congenital nevusmelanomaoutcomepreventionprogressionsurgery

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PMID28785352
PMCPMC5535677
OpenAlexW2739328364

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