Nevocellular nevi are benign tumors composed of nevus cells, which are peculiar to man and almost everyone has a few nevi somewhere on his body. The dermatologist has a unique opportunity to study the most common neoplasm of man, the nevocellular nevus, becasue of it´s ready accessibility to visual observation and it´s simplicity obtaining for microscopic specimen.
Much has been learned last two decades about the nature, origin, and development of the nevocellular nevus. However, most of the these knowledge obtained by investigation of Caucasians. The investigation of colored subjects are scarcely reported.
This paper is an attempt to clarify
1) the clinical features of nevocellular nevi developed on Korean, colored race.
2) the incidence of pigmented nevi developed on normal individuals and vitiligo patients.
T- During the last 10 month(1975. 3.1975. 12.) 525 normal individuals and 67 vitiligo patients were randomly selected and were investigated about incidence and clinical morphology (according to Lever´s clinical classification) of pigmented nevi developed on different body areas.
i The results were summarized as follows.
1) There was average 20 nevocellular nevi in each Korean individuals. Average 23 nevi was found in male and 15 nevi in female.
2) The number of nevus and it´s morphology were closely related to the age of -~ host and body areas.
3) The flat type nevi was the most common type nevi and face was the most common site among the body areas.
4) In comparison with Caucasian, it seemed no racial difference in clinical features of the pigmented nevus..
5) Thee was no difference between the incidence of nevocellular nevus developed on normal individual and that of vitiligo patient.
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