Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus Accompanied by an Intracranial Arachnoid Cyst.

Dermatol Pract Concept

Department of Dermatology, Venerology, and Allergology; University Medical Center, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Published: July 2019

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