GIANT CONGENITAL NEVUS OF THE SCALP AND CRANIUM - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Citation
A. Madaree et al., GIANT CONGENITAL NEVUS OF THE SCALP AND CRANIUM - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 50(1), 1997, pp. 20-25
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00071226
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
20 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1997)50:1<20:GCNOTS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Congenital pigmented naevi are lesions that are usually confined to sk in. We report a giant congenital naevus of the scalp which involved sk in, galea, full thickness cranial bane, dura and the intracranial veno us sinuses. The literature on giant congenital naevi with direct invol vement of underlying bone is reviewed.