Abstract Although dysplastic naevus (DN) is a frequent diagnosis, there significant controversy on its definition and gradation relationship to melanoma risk. Therefore, no consensus over optimal management, surveys from Australia, Canada the USA have shown variation in clinical practice. Dysplastic with involved histological margins has not been progress melanoma. To assess UK management of DN...

Reconstruction of full-thickness defects with the use of artificial dermis has been well established in the recent literature. The capacity of artificial dermis to expand over a period of years, months, or even days is described. Three such cases are reported. Two female patients, aged 21 and 30 years, with post-burn contractures of the chest with right breast hypoplasia and abdominal wall post...

A PATIENT is presented in whom a malignant melanoma of the choroid developed in association with a naevus of Ota. The naevus of Ota is quite common in Orientals but occurs far less frequently in Caucasians and Negroes. It is considered an aberrant or misplaced mongolian spot and it rarely undergoes malignant change. Apart from its rarity, malignant change has never been recorded in Orientals an...

The Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome is a triad of congenital anomalies characterized by a vascular naevus, varicose veins and hypertrophy of soft tissue and bone. A number of patients affected with this rare syndrome need amputation. In this paper the systemic problems, stump complications and prosthetic difficulties of four amputees with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome are outlined. The period of follow...

The combined tumors are neoplasms consisting of 2 or more distinct cell population that are intimately admixed. The presence of more than one neoplasm in the same lesion comprising melanocytes and keratinocytes are rare but well documented. We report a case of a 65-year-old man with a melanoma in situ, a basal cell carcinoma and an intradermal naevus in collision that clinically appeared as a s...

Oculodermal melanocytosis (ODM) is a congenital melanocytic hyperpigmentation of the face and ocular tissues. The eponym naevus of Ota as described by Otal has been used interchangeably with ODM and ocular melanosis (OM) in many reported cases. The original definition by Ota included patients with and without ocular involvement. For these reasons, we will refer to the term oculodermal melanocyt...

The case of a neonate with cutaneous lesions consistent with epidermal naevi is presented. In addition to typical epidermal naevi, this baby had an unusual, bullous form of aplasia cutis congenita. Although aplasia cutis has been described as bullous and has been found in association with the epidermal naevus syndrome, both of these occurrences are rare in medical publications. This case illust...