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Abstract

Background: For patients with multiple melanocytic naevi on multiple body sites, strategies to minimise the number of unnecessary excisions include recognising a signature naevus pattern, assessing the stages of development, and comparisons with neighbouring lesions. To our best knowledge, no report has been published on the application of these strategies on Asian skin.
Case reports: We demonstrated application of the above strategies on multiple melanocytic naevi on two young Asian subjects.
Conclusion: For multiple naevi on Asian subjects, the approaches of recognising a signature naevus pattern, assessing the maturities, and comparisons with neighbouring lesions are applicable in reducing the numbers of unnecessary excisions.