Cerebral Mass Due to Neurocutaneous Melanosis: Eight Years Later
Schaffer J, McNiff J, Bolognia J. Cerebral Mass Due to Neurocutaneous Melanosis: Eight Years Later. Pediatric Dermatology 2001, 18: 369-377. PMID: 11737677, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2001.01961.x.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsCongenital melanocytic neviGiant congenital melanocytic nevusMagnetic resonance imagingNeurocutaneous melanosisCentral nervous system involvementExcellent long-term outcomesMedium-sized congenital melanocytic nevusMultiple satellite neviSymptomatic neurocutaneous melanosisNervous system involvementAbsence of malignancyLong-term outcomesRight temporal lobePotential surgical interventionAge 5 monthsAge 10 monthsT1-weighted imagesPerivascular collectionsSatellite neviAsymptomatic patientsEarly imagingSurgical interventionSurgical specimenSystem involvementHistologic examinationSpeckled lentiginous nevus: within the spectrum of congenital melanocytic nevi.
Schaffer J, Orlow S, Lazova R, Bolognia J. Speckled lentiginous nevus: within the spectrum of congenital melanocytic nevi. JAMA Dermatology 2001, 137: 172-8. PMID: 11176689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital melanocytic neviLentiginous nevusMelanocytic neviCongenital neviSpeckled lentiginous nevusTypes of neviHistologic featuresCongenital natureClinical appearanceBiopsy specimensHistologic examinationLesionsSame lesionNatural historyPigmented lesionsNeviMultiple reportsSubtypesBirthPattern of distributionAdditional evidencePatients