Melanoma arising in a Giant congenital melanocytic nevus: two case reports

• Main Authors: Tatiana S. Belysheva (Author), Yana V. Vishnevskaya (Author), Tatiana V. Nasedkina (Author), Marina A. Emelyanova (Author), Ivan S. Abramov (Author), Kristina V. Orlova (Author), Ludmila N. Lubchenko (Author), Igor A. Utyashev (Author), Marina B. Doroshenko (Author), Lev V. Demidov (Author), Mamed D. Aliev (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A giant congenital melanocytic nevus (GCMN) is found in 0.1% of live-born infants. If present, the lesion has a chance of about 6% to develop into malignant melanoma. Both children and adults can be affected by malignant melanoma arising in a giant congenital nevus. Up to 95% of...