Melanocytic naevi may be congenital or acquired. Epidermal naevi are typically seen at birth or develop in early childhood. These are abnormal benign patches or plaques of brown skin. Aims: To study various types of naevi in children below 14 years attending the dermatology OPD in a District hospital from Methods: A total of 520 paediatric patients age attending the dermatology OPD in a District hospital from August 2018 to August 2019 were screened for various types of nevi. Out of these

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... cases were found to be having naevi and were taken up for the study. Results: There were 14 females and 6 males and female: males was 2.3:1. Onset of lesions was before 6 months in 13 patients and after 6 months in 7 patients. Family history of naevi was positive in 2 patients.The age of children ranged from 6 months to 14 years with a mean age of presentation 7 years. Multiple lesions were seen in 5 patients and single lesions were seen in 15 patients. There was variation in the size of naevi ranging from 1.5 cm to 22 cm. Giant melanocytic nevus was seen in 2(10%) children, small melanocytic naevi were seen in 10 children, nevus achromicus was seen in 2 children, Verrucous epidermal nevus was seen in 2 (10%) children, Non verrucous epidermal nevus was seen in 1(5%) child, Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis was seen in 1 (10%) child, Nevus Comedonicus and Nevus spilus were seen in 1 (10%) child each respectively. Discussion: More comprehensive studies on morphological types and clinical spectrum of naevi need to be undertaken for proper understanding of naevi.