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This paper reviews a retrospective cohort study evaluating 1,171 patients from Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital between 1 January 1989 and 31 August 2019 using electronic medical records and phone calls to collect clinical and pathological data in which 133 patients were diagnosed with a large congenital melanocytic nevus. Three patients relapsed, and none developed melanoma among the qualified patients. Besides, a new \u201c7B\u201d rule for distribution patterns of large congenital melanocytic nevi was proposed, including bonce, bolero, back, bathing trunk, breast\/belly, body extremity, and body. The most common distribution pattern of large congenital melanocytic nevi was bonce, and all blue nevi distributed as bonce. Statistical analysis showed a significant difference (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0249) in the \u201c7B\u201d patterns between the melanocytic nevus and the neuronevus. In conclusion, the malignancy rate of large congenital melanocytic nevi is much lower in China than in other regions and people of other races. 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