Benign melanocytic proliferative nodule within a congenital naevus

✍ Scribed by Michelle A Lowes; Deborah Norris; Margot Whitfeld

• Book ID: 104468989
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 175 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-8380
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2000.00406.x

✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY

A neonate presented with a deeply pigmented papule within a medium‐sized congenital naevus. Histologically, this proved to be a benign proliferative nodule in a congenital naevus. This case is presented to highlight the occurrence of this lesion, the main differential of which is the rare entity of true congenital melanoma.