Description and Histopathology Type of Pigmentosus Nevus in Dustira Hospital and Cibabat Hospital Cimahi
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.046How to use a DOI?
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- pigmentosus nevus, histopathological type
- Abstract
Pigmentosus Nevus is benign skin tumor which is the most common disease that has been found in many clinics. It comes from nevus cells that can produce melanin. Some types of nevus, such as junctional and compound nevus, can cause malignant melanoma which is a life-threatening skin cancer. Some risk factors that can cause pigmentosus nevus are age, genetic factors, and the exposure of UV light. The purpose of this research was to describe the patients of pigmentosus nevus based on some risk factors such as age, sex, the location of nevus, and histopathology type. Descriptive method was used and the objects of this research were medical records from pigmentosus nevus patients that has been treated by excisional surgery and has been examined by histopathology test from the 1st of January 2011 until the 31st of December 2015. The medical records were obtained from Dustira Hospital and Cibabat Hospital, Cimahi City. The results of this research showed that there were 55 cases of pigmentosus nevus found in 2011 – 2015 with 21 cases found in Dustira Hospital and 35 cases found in Cibabat Hospital, pigmentosus nevus mostly found in individuals aged 21-30 (25,45%), mostly found in female patients (65,45%), mostly located in the face and scalp (90,90%), and the most common histopathological type was intradermal nevus (94,55%).
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TY - CONF AU - Aditya Yudha Pratama AU - Pisi Lukitto AU - Lina Damayanti PY - 2021 DA - 2021/07/24 TI - Description and Histopathology Type of Pigmentosus Nevus in Dustira Hospital and Cibabat Hospital Cimahi BT - Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, International Symposium on "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response during COVID 19 Pandemic" (ASMC 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 193 EP - 196 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.046 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.046 ID - Pratama2021 ER -