title: Giant alopecic nodule of the scalp: unusual presentation of a cellular blue naevus in an adult.
abstract: A giant cellular blue naevus of the scalp is described in a man with presentation in the third decade of life. In contrast with previous reports of children with this condition, there was no abnormality of the underlying skull bones and no evidence of malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McDonagh
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Laing
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology