Abstract
We describe 9 patients who presented Becker’s nevus (BN) together with a malignant melanoma (MM). Eight patients were male. In 5 patients the MM was on the same body site as the BN. The melanoma was of the superficial-spreading type in 7 cases and in 1 patient was within the BN. Twice a dysplastic-nevus syndrome was diagnosed and in 2 patients a familial melanoma. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of the co-occurrence of BN and MM.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-80 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Dermatology |
Volume | 182 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1991 |
Keywords
- Becker’s nevus
- Melanoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology