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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
We examined 296 patients with a history of melanoma and 145 controls for the presence of atypical (dysplastic) nevi. We found that 34% of patients with melanoma and 7% of controls had clinically atypical (dysplastic) nevi. Patients and controls with atypical (dysplastic) nevi had more nevi than the subjects without. The number of nevi varies negatively and significantly with age (r = 0.37, P less than 0.001). Ten % of patients and controls had hypopigmented halos around one or more nevi. Both patients and comparison subjects with atypical (dysplastic) nevi tended to have this subtle variant of halo nevi more often than those without (r = 0.17, P less than 0.01). The number of nevi on the irides of melanoma patients was greater than that in the comparison group. The results of this study suggest that patients with a melanoma exhibit more commonly cutaneous and ocular pigmentary lesions than comparison subjects without a melanoma.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1855-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Demographic study of clinically atypical (dysplastic) nevi in patients with melanoma and comparison subjects.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't