7-month-old baby from Florida travels to Russia in hopes of beginning treatments to remove a large birthmark on her face.
A 7-month-old baby girl from Florida has traveled to Russia in hopes of beginning treatments to remove a large birthmark on her face.
Luna and her mother, Carolina Fenner, are now in Russia exploring a non-invasive surgical procedure with surgeon-oncologist Dr. Pavel Borisovich Popov. "I was in shock when I saw her and the doctor didn't know what was [it was]," Fenner said of her daughter's birth. Shailee B. Patel, MD, board-certified dermatologist and cutaneous surgeon in Miami, Florida, said giant nevi on a person's face are uncommon because of its size and are often related to a mutation in a person's genes.
But it wasn't until Dr. Popov from Russia caught wind of Luna's story and reached out to the family, Fenner said. Dr. Patel said treating a giant congenital nevus is important for a few reasons -- one being the increased chance for developing melanoma.
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