Alternative titles and symbols : Giant pigmented hairy nevus; Giant congenital pigmented nevus; Pigmented moles; GPHN;
Included titles and symbols : Nevus spilus; Spitz nevus;
Description : Giant pigmented hairy nevus (GHPN) is a congenital melanocytic lesion, which despite
its name may not be hairy. These nevi are significant because of the risk of malignant
transformation (summary by Ho et al., 1999).;
Inheritance : Somatic mutation;
Molecular basis : Caused by somatic mutation in the NRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase gene (NRAS, 164790.0002); Caused by somatic mutation in the HRas proto-oncogene, GTPase gene (HRAS, 190020.0017);