Melanocytic naevi of ear and external auricular canal

cutaneous melanoma: A primary melanoma arising from atypical melanocytes in the skin. Precursor lesions include acquired and congenital melanocytic nevi, and dysplastic nevi. Several histologic variants have been recognized, including superficial spreading melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, nodular melanoma, and lentigo maligna melanoma.

Endpoint definition

Name CD2_BENIGN_MELANOCYTIC_EAR
Long name Melanocytic naevi of ear and external auricular canal
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-9: 2162A
Cause of Death registry ICD-9: 2162A
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Naevus melanocyticus (cutis) auriculae

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 61 37 24
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.03 0.03 0.03
Mean age at first event (years) 51.65 44.45 62.77
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 1.64 0.00 4.17

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 6.56 5.41 8.33

Survival analyses between endpoints

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