Most congenital melanocytic naevi become proportionally smaller and less obvious with time. They may darken during puberty or become bumpy or hairy.

Introduction Melanocytic naevi undergo changes throughout the lifetime, with the total naevus count increasing in early adulthood up to midlife and thereafter decreasing due to involution (1, 2).

Melanocytic naevi with junctional nests of heavily melanised melanocytes may also absorb energy emitted from hair epilation devices, leading to damage of melanosomes and the surrounding cells, as well ...

Blue naevi (BN) form a wide group of benign dermal melanocytic proliferations. They are genetically distinct from common and Spitz naevi with frequent hotspot mutations occurring in Gαq genes.

Research Highlight Published: 30 April 2009 Melanoma A more accurate diagnosis Meera Swami Nature Reviews Cancer 9, 385 (2009) Cite this article ...

Material and methods. In the study 99 patients (38 men and 61 women) aged 15-55 years were included. They were divided into two groups: group I (29-51 years of age – 50 patients) and group II (15-28 ...

An 18 month old girl with dysmorphic features, severe developmental delay, multiple strawberry naevi, and capillary naevi is described. No previous report of a similar association of features has been ...

Aims: To compare ultrasonographic (US) predicting factors for conversion of choroidal naevi into melanomas. Methods: 659 consecutive eyes with choroidal naevi were examined between 1984 and 2004. 165 ...

A 59-year-old man was seen in outpatient clinic with a 1-year history of abdominal cramping and non-bloody diarrhoea. His only medical history comprised hypercholesterolaemia and oesophagogastric ...

Changes in melanocytic naevi and development of new naevi have been reported in pregnant women. The association between pregnancy and melanoma is a controversial topic. We conducted this review to ...