Congenital malignant melanoma (CMM) is a rare condition that is defined as malignant melanoma recognized at birth. CMM may develop in utero in one of three ways: (1) transmission by metastasis through the placenta from a mother with melanoma; (2) primary melanoma arising within a giant congenital melanocytic naevus (GCMN); (3) primary de novo cutaneous CMM arising in utero. CMM can be confused clinically and histologically with benign proliferative melanocytic lesions such as giant congenital nevi. We describe the case of a patient presenting a GCMN with proliferative nodules, clinically and dermoscopically resembling a CMM, demonstrating the importance of caution in making a diagnosis of MM and highlighting the possibility that benign lesions as GCMN can mimic a malignant melanoma in this age group

Giant Congenital Melanocytic Naevus with Proliferative Nodules Mimicking Congenital Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature of Congenital Melanoma / Scalvenzi, Massimiliano; Franco, Palmisano; Cacciapuoti, Sara; Fiorella, Migliaro; Maria, Siano; Staibano, Stefania; Luigi, Tornillo; Claudia, Costa. - In: CASE REPORTS IN DERMATOLOGICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2090-6471. - 2013:(2013), pp. 1-6. [10.1155/2013/473635]

Giant Congenital Melanocytic Naevus with Proliferative Nodules Mimicking Congenital Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature of Congenital Melanoma

SCALVENZI, MASSIMILIANO;Sara Cacciapuoti;STAIBANO, STEFANIA;
2013

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Congenital malignant melanoma (CMM) is a rare condition that is defined as malignant melanoma recognized at birth. CMM may develop in utero in one of three ways: (1) transmission by metastasis through the placenta from a mother with melanoma; (2) primary melanoma arising within a giant congenital melanocytic naevus (GCMN); (3) primary de novo cutaneous CMM arising in utero. CMM can be confused clinically and histologically with benign proliferative melanocytic lesions such as giant congenital nevi. We describe the case of a patient presenting a GCMN with proliferative nodules, clinically and dermoscopically resembling a CMM, demonstrating the importance of caution in making a diagnosis of MM and highlighting the possibility that benign lesions as GCMN can mimic a malignant melanoma in this age group
2013
Giant Congenital Melanocytic Naevus with Proliferative Nodules Mimicking Congenital Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature of Congenital Melanoma / Scalvenzi, Massimiliano; Franco, Palmisano; Cacciapuoti, Sara; Fiorella, Migliaro; Maria, Siano; Staibano, Stefania; Luigi, Tornillo; Claudia, Costa. - In: CASE REPORTS IN DERMATOLOGICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2090-6471. - 2013:(2013), pp. 1-6. [10.1155/2013/473635]
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