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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 77
| Issue : 1 | Page : 51--54 |
Large congenital melanocytic nevus with metastatic melanoma with a probable primary in the lung
G Raghurama Rao1, BK Durga Prasad2, A Amareswar1, KT Vijaya3, Sujatha3
1 Surya Skin Care and Research Center, Visakhapatnam, India
2 Department of Radiology, Maharajah's Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS), Nellimarla, Vizianagaram, India
3 Department of Pathology, CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence Address:
G Raghurama Rao
Surya Skin Care and Research Center, # 15-1-2, Gopal Sadan, Naoroji Road, Maharanipeta, Visakhapatnam - 530 002, Andhra Pradesh
India
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.74980 PMID: 21220880
Large congenital melanocytic nevi (>20 cm in greatest diameter) are very rare and are seen in approximately 1 in 20,000 newborns. The major risk these patients face is the development of neurocutaneous melanosis or malignant melanoma. We report a rare case of large congenital melanocytic nevus with metastatic melanoma in a 40-year-old woman. In this case, though the primary was not established with certainty, on the basis of clinical course and radiological evaluation of various organs, we presume that the primary could be in the lung.
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