Giant congenital melanocytic nevi are pigmented lesions, with an incidence of 1 in 20,000 new-borns. Neurofibromatosis 1 is an autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of 1 in 3500 individuals. The coexistence of both these conditions is a rare entity, with few cases reported in the medical literature. Here we report these two diseases in a 13-year-old girl in India.
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