Abstract
Malignant melanoma in childhood is fortunately a rare condition. The last account of such a case as that described in this report was published in this Journal seven years ago (Oldbourne and Harrison, 1974). Stewart Harrison's patient was also a young girl. It is apparent that when a congenital pigmented hairy naevus is too small to be regarded as a giant naevus and malignant change is not anticipated, early diagnosis may be missed and with it the very small chance of cure. When malignant melanoma occurs in childhood it behaves no differently from the tumour in adults.
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