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Giant hairy pigmented nevus of the face

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The term “giant nevus” is generally applied to a lesion covering most of the trunk, or to a large nevus occupying a major surface area of an extremity. We present a case of a giant hairy pigmented nevus of the face which was removed and replaced with full thickness skin grafts from the abdomen. The coverage was undertaken in 3 stages, since the nevus extended into this number of aesthetic units.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery and Pathology, Naval Hospital of Athens, 70 Dinokratous Str., 11521, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece

    A. D. Mandrekas MD, D. P. Mastorakos, E. N. Stathopoulous & A. G. Diamantis

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Mandrekas, A.D., Mastorakos, D.P., Stathopoulous, E.N. et al. Giant hairy pigmented nevus of the face. Eur J Plast Surg 15, 31–34 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193375

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