A Case of Halo Congenital Nevus.
- Author:
Jae Hoon JUNG
1
;
Sung Hwan CHOE
;
You Chan KIM
;
Hyang Joon PARK
;
Yong Woo CINN
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. kyccc@anseo.dankook.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Halo congenital nevus
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
Melanoma;
Neural Plate;
Neurofibroma;
Nevus*;
Nevus, Blue;
Nevus, Halo;
Nevus, Pigmented
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2001;39(7):844-846
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A halo nevus is a pigmented nevus surrounded by a depigmented zone. It usually occurs in childhood or adolescence. Depigmented zone may form around a variety of acquired melanocytic lesions of neuroectodermal origin, including nevocellular nevi, blue nevi, spindle and epithelioid nevi, primary and metastatic melanomas, and neurofibromas. The occurrence of a halo around congenital melanocytic nevi has rarely been reported. We report a case of halo congenital nevus in a 11-year-old girl.