title: Malignant blue nevus with lymph node metastases in five-year-old girl.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a malignant blue nevus in a five-year-old girl, which turned out to be malignant only after the development of lymph node metastases three years after the excision of the primary tumor on the patient's cheek. A functional bilateral neck dissection was performed and the patient is alive with no evidence of disease 8 years after the excision of the primary skin lesion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Zaloska 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. mhocevar@onko-i.si
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocevar
authors.forename: Lidija
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kitanovski
authors.forename: Snjezana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frković Grazio
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D037981:Neck Dissection; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery