Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: 40 years of experience with the serial excision technique

• Main Authors: Lais de Abreu Mutti (Author), Marta Regina Machado Mascarenhas (Author), João Marcos Goes de Paiva (Author), Ronaldo Golcman (Author), Mauro Yoshiaki Enokihara (Author), Benjamin Golcman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Although giant congenital melanocytic nevus is a rare lesion, it causes significant deformity and carries a risk of malignant degeneration. Different surgical techniques for the lesion removal are described, including serial resection, resection with skin grafting, and resection and covera...