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.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 13, 2006
Accepted:
May 9,
2006
Received:
January 11,
2006
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© 2006 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
