Giant Congenital Melonocytic Nevi of Face-Primary Excision with Reconstruction Using Self-Filling Osmotic Expanders
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Congenital giant melanocytic nevi
Nevi are common skin tumors caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells from the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Most nevi are benign, but some pre-cancerous nevi must be monitored or removed. The giant congenital nevus is greater than 10 cm in size, pigmented and often hairy. Between 4% and 6% of these lesions will develop into a malignant melanoma. Since approximately 50% of the melanoma ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-015-1246-3