AI-assisted Total Body Dermoscopic Evaluation of Changes in Melanocytic Nevi during Pregnancy: A Prospective, Comparative Study of 2,799 Nevi.

ABSTRACT: Pregnancy-associated changes in melanocytic nevi (MN), apart from size increase on the trunk, remain a topic of debate. We conducted the first prospective study to investigate dermoscopic changes in MN comparing pregnant with non-pregnant women on all body parts using a market-approved convolutional neural network (CNN). We included 25 pregnant and 25 non-pregnant women from Basel, Switzerland, who underwent standard skin cancer screenings and whose MN > 2 mm were digitally recorded and analysed by a CNN. Pregnant women were examined three times: in the first and third trimester and 8-12 weeks postpartum; non-pregnant women twice in an interval of 17-21 weeks. We analysed 2,799 MN. In pregnant women, diameter[p < 0.001], area[p < 0.001], number of colours [p = 0.009], shape asymmetry[p = 0

SUBMITTER: Peter JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11697141 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature