title: Giant congenital melanocytic nevus with cartilaginous differentiation.
abstract: We report the unusual presence of a benign focus of cartilage in an excised portion of giant congenital melanocytic nevus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. catherinedeblacam@rcsi.ie
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Blacam
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mc Dermott
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Donovan
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery