A Case of Congenital Melanocytic Nevus Clinically Improved by Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment.
- Author:
You Jin YANG
1
;
Young Jun CHOI
;
Jae Hui NAM
;
Hee Jung KIM
;
Gayoung LEE
;
Won Serk KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. heejung46.kim@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Congenital melanocytic nevi;
Fractional CO2 laser;
Laser treatment
- MeSH:
Carbon;
Carbon Dioxide;
Cosmetics;
Humans;
Lasers, Gas;
Middle Aged;
Nevus, Pigmented;
Parturition;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2010;48(6):510-512
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Congenital melanocytic nevi are cosmetically disfiguring, pigmented skin lesions that are present at birth. A 61-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic 3x2 cm sized black-colored patch involving the helix, antihelix and triangular fossa of the left auricle, and the lesion had been there since birth. The patient refused surgical removal and so we tried fractional carbon dioxide laser treatment for cosmetic improvement only. Clinical improvement was observed after 18 treatment sessions. We report a case of congenital melanocytic nevus within the auricle, and this was treated with fractional carbon dioxide laser.
