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Eruptive melanocytic nevi after Stevens-Johnson syndrome
T Shoji1, C J Cockerell, A B Koff
1Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
Widespread melanocytic nevi may rarely appear suddenly after a severe bullous disease. We describe two patients in whom eruptive melanocytic nevi developed 3 weeks after a severe episode of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Benign melanocytic proliferation may develop after a bullous dermatosis and should not be confused with malignant or metastatic melanoma.