title: Multiple inflamed nevi in a child with oculocutaneous albinism: what lessons can be learned?
abstract: We report a 12-year-old girl with oculocutaneous albinism who developed nonitchy and nontender erythematous spots. A skin biopsy specimen of one of the spots confirmed that the lesion was an inflamed melanocytic nevus. We emphasize the atypical presentation of nevi in individuals with albinism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. ehon@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Kam-Lun Ellis
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hon
authors.forename: Gary Ka-Wai
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Ching
authors.forename: Tung Audrey
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Paul Cheung Lung
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D016115:Albinism, Oculocutaneous / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology