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Images in neonatal medicine
Giant congenital melanocytic naevus in a neonate
  1. Nisha Aggarwal1,
  2. Michael O’Sullivan1,
  3. Dipti Shankar1,
  4. Habib Bhurawala2,3,
  5. Girish Desphande1,3
  1. 1 Neonatology, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2 Paediatrics, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
  3. 3 The University of Sydney Sydney Medical School Nepean, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Girish Desphande; Girish.Deshpande{at}health.nsw.gov.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327502

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    A baby boy was born at 37 weeks gestation with extensive hyperpigmented skin lesions to 70% of his body (figure 1). He was diagnosed with giant congenital melanocytic naevus (GCMN), which are benign proliferations of melanocytes present at birth or shortly after, caused by a morphological error in neuroectoderm during embryogenesis.1 GCMN occurs in 1 in 20 000 to 1 in 500 000 live births and is …

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    • Contributors This paper was written in collaboration between NA, MOS and DS, with the research undertaken by all three. HB and GD contributed by providing feedback and edits for the writing process. NA was involved in coordinating the team and planning process for the paper.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.