Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus over eye

Sunil Kumar Gupta; Sushantika Kumari

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CLINICAL PICTURE

Year : 2022 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 1 | Page : 65-66

Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus over eye

Sunil Kumar Gupta, Sushantika Kumari
Department of Dermatology, AIIMS, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date of Submission	01-Mar-2020
Date of Decision	11-Jul-2020
Date of Acceptance	23-Jul-2020
Date of Web Publication	16-May-2022

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sunil Kumar Gupta
AIIMS, Gorakhpur, Kunraghat 273008, Uttar Pradesh
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/Pigmentinternational.Pigmentinternational_

Abstract

A ten year old boy presented with black hairy nevus over left eyelid since birth.He did not have any complains of vision. The nevus was progressing in size encroaching over upper eyelid with minute papules in eyelid margin. It was diagnosed as congenital hairy melanocytic nevus clinically. His parents were advised laser therapy after he reaches maturity as a management option. The location of the nevus made it worth reporting.

Keywords: Boy, congenital hairy melanocytic nevus

How to cite this article:
Gupta SK, Kumari S. Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus over eye. Pigment Int 2022;9:65-6

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Gupta SK, Kumari S. Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus over eye. Pigment Int [serial online] 2022 [cited 2022 Jun 29];9:65-6. Available from: https://www.pigmentinternational.com/text.asp?2022/9/1/65/345293

Case history

A ten year old boy presented with black hairy nevus over left eyelid since birth.He did not have any complains of vision. The nevus was progressing in size encroaching over upper eyelid with minute papules in eyelid margin. It was diagnosed as congenital hairy melanocytic nevus clinically. Family history was not significant. His parents were advised laser therapy after he reaches maturity as a management option.^[1]

The location of the nevus made it worth reporting [Figure 1] and [Figure 2].

Figure 1 Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus over left eyelid in the child (with open eye)

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Figure 2 Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus over left eyelid in the child mainly involving the upper eyelid

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Conflicts of interest

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References

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