Nevi and Melanoma

Faculty: Lindsay Ackerman, MD Dr. Ackerman reviewed the spectrum of melanocytic lesions Sunday morning. She began her discussion highlighting benign melanocytic nevi. A giant congenital nevus aka “bathing trunk nevus” is greater than 20 cm on presentation and represents a 2.5% 5 year risk for the development of neurocutaneous melanoma. Dysplastic nevi can exist in …