Spontaneous Resolution Of A Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus
Pediatric Dermatology 5(3): Aug 1988; 170-172
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Personal Characteristics
A 25-year-old woman
Clinical Characteristics
Tightness, thickening, and itching of the skin, poikilodermatous sclerosis, alopecic due to scarring, cachexia, ulceration and induration of a giant congenital melanocytic nevus
Remission Characteristics
The nevus became sclerotic and paler by 13 months of age
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Cases of spontaneous resolution of these lesions may represent a vigorous host response against an aberrant clone of melanocytes
Clinical Treatment
Blood transfusion at age 7 months and numerous topical and systemic antiinfective agents from 2 1/2 to 14 months of age
Additional Notes
The patient was unaware that she had ever had a giant pigmented nevus