Neonatal Blue-Light Phototherapy Could Increase the Risk of Dysplastic Nevus Development

Abstract

To the Editor .— The number of individuals with large numbers of common and atypical melanocytic nevi has been continuously increasing in several white populations. Subjects with dysplastic nevi are at a substantially increased risk for the development of both uveal and cutaneous malignant melanoma.1,2 Numerous epidemiologic data have demonstrated that sunlight exposure is the major environmental factor involved in the development of melanoma, and it also exerts a considerable influence on the nevus count of an individual.3 Blue-light phototherapy …