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1058 newborn infants were examined. Forty-one (3-9%) had clinically discernible pigmented lesions compatible with melanocytic naevi. Biopsy was performed on thirty-four of the forty-one and of these; eleven, representing 1-01% of the infants, proved to be melanocytic naevi. No giant (garment) naevi were seen in this series. Two of the eleven naevi pathologically examined showed histological changes similar to those that have been reported in some giant naevi, but the remaining nine were not only different from criteria usually assigned to giant naevi, but they also differed from the usual adult naevi, in that most were predominantly junctional. None of the melanocytic naevi in this series showed any suggestion of malignant change. In newborn infants it is often impossible clinically to distinguish naevi from other types of pigmented lesions, as only eleven out of the thirty-four pigmented lesions were melanocytic naevi. Seven of the eleven melanocytic naevi were under 1-5 cm in diameter. No pigmented lesions were found on the palms, soles or genitalia.
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
October 1979,
Cutis,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
April 1987,
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
March 1976,
American journal of diseases of children (1960),
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
March 1965,
Polski tygodnik lekarski (Warsaw, Poland : 1960),
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
January 1958,
British medical journal,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
January 1986,
Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
July 1966,
Dental clinics of North America,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
November 1990,
Revue medicale de la Suisse romande,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
September 1974,
Archives of dermatology,
R G Walton, and
A H Jacobs, and
A J Cox
October 1969,
Helvetica paediatrica acta,
