This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Harold C. Fishman, MD
Los Angeles

Arch Dermatol. 1976;112(3):407-408.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

To the Editor.—

This case is reported because of the recent awareness of the association of malignant melanoma with the halo nevus and the increasing investigative work in trying to understand the relationship.

Report of a Case.—

A 28-year-old blond woman was seen recently with a pink, raised tumor with a wide peripheral area of depigmentation on the middle of the upper back, a typical halo nevus that had been noticed for only a few months (Fig 1). This was removed surgically, and the histological examination proved it to be a malignant melanoma (Fig 2 through 4). The patient was then referred to a general surgeon specializing in melanomas who did a wider and deeper excision. The pathological report of the surgical specimen showed no residual melanoma.

Comment.—

The halo nevus is distinctive: a pigmented nevus becomes surrounded by a halo of depigmented skin, then gradually diminishes . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Facebook    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?