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Significant improvement of a nevus spilus-type congenital melanocytic nevus with oral selumetinib

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2024

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Berna, Ronald
Adams, Denise
Moon, A.
Treat, J. R.

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Giant congenital melanocytic nevi (GCMN) can be cosmetically significant and can lead to melanoma. There is no standard pharmacologic treatment for GCMN. We present the case of an 8-year-old female with kaposiform lymphangiomatosis caused by an NRAS mutation whose nevus spilus-type GCMN improved on oral selumetinib.

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Berna R, Hasbun T, Adams D, Moon AT, Treat JR. Significant improvement of a nevus spilus-type congenital melanocytic nevus with oral selumetinib. Pediatr Dermatol. 2024 Sep-Oct;41(5):936-937. doi: 10.1111/pde.15666