Pseudo-Melanoma after Laser Therapy
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dermatology
- Vol. 197 (1) , 71-73
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000017962
Abstract
A 44-year-old woman had several congenital melanocytic nevi that were treated with a CO2 laser. Six weeks after the laser treatment one lesion repigmented and was therefore excised. The initial histological diagnosis of malignant melanoma was revised to ‘pseudo-melanoma’ after re-evaluation of the history, the clinical presentation and the histology. We conclude that pseudo-melanoma is a complication of laser therapy that has to be recognised in order to avoid unnecessary surgical procedures.Keywords
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