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Table 5 The various definitions for high-risk patients who are suggested to receive routine MRI-screening

From: Neurological signs, symptoms and MRI abnormalities in patients with congenital melanocytic naevi and evaluation of routine MRI-screening: systematic review and meta-analysis

References

Definitions

Bittencourt et al. [23]

Large CMN on the head, neck or over the dorsal spinal cord

Lovett et al. [20]

Large CMN on the head, neck or over the dorsal spinal cord or with multiple satellites

Ramaswamy et al. [19]

CMN on the head, neck or over the dorsal spinal cord

Waelchli et al. [7]

Children with two or more CMN at birth, independent of projected adult size or site of the largest CMN

Wramp et al. [24]

CMN of > 40 cm projected adult size or with > 20 satellites