Malignant melanoma and deep penetrating naevus – difficulties in diagnosis in children

Summary A 4-year-old boy presented to our department with a darkly pigmented lesion on the right side of his neck. It was excised and a diagnosis of deep penetrating naevus with atypical features was made. At 4-month follow-up our patient had developed a palpable cervical lymph node. Excision reveal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery reconstructive & aesthetic surgery, 2007-01, Vol.60 (11), p.1252-1255
Hauptverfasser:	Ridha, Hyder, Ahmed, Salim, Theaker, Jeffrey M, Horlock, Nigel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Childhood melanoma Deep penetrating naevus Dermatology Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors - adverse effects Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery Humans Male Malignant melanoma Medical sciences Melanoma - pathology Melanoma - surgery Nevus, Pigmented - pathology Nevus, Pigmented - surgery Plastic Surgery Skin Neoplasms - pathology Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Treatment Outcome Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions
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Zusammenfassung:	Summary A 4-year-old boy presented to our department with a darkly pigmented lesion on the right side of his neck. It was excised and a diagnosis of deep penetrating naevus with atypical features was made. At 4-month follow-up our patient had developed a palpable cervical lymph node. Excision revealed malignant melanoma. We discuss our management and review the literature regarding DPN and melanoma of childhood.
ISSN:	1748-6815 1878-0539
DOI:	10.1016/j.bjps.2006.05.002