A Treatment of Medium-to-Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi with Combined Er:YAG Laser and Long-Pulsed Alexandrite Laser
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Congenital giant melanocytic nevi
Nevi are common skin tumors caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells from the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Most nevi are benign, but some pre-cancerous nevi must be monitored or removed. The giant congenital nevus is greater than 10 cm in size, pigmented and often hairy. Between 4% and 6% of these lesions will develop into a malignant melanoma. Since approximately 50% of the melanoma ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Lasers
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2287-8300,2288-0224
DOI: 10.25289/ml.2017.6.2.77