Sclerotic Regressing Large Congenital Nevus.

Pediatr Dermatol

Second Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Published: November 2016

Regression of congenital nevi is usually associated with loss of pigment or halo formation. In rare cases, regression is characterized by sclerosis and hair loss. We describe a rare case of a sclerotic hypopigmented large congenital melanocytic nevus in which a localized scleroderma-like reaction process of regression seemed to have started in utero and progressed throughout early childhood.

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