TY - JOUR
T1 - Dispelling the myth of the "benign hair sign" for melanoma
AU - Scope, Alon
AU - Tabanelli, Michela
AU - Busam, Klaus J.
AU - Rabinovitz, Harold
AU - Braun, Ralph P.
AU - Marghoob, Ashfaq A.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - The vast majority of melanocytic lesions with hair, such as congenital melanocytic nevi, are benign. However, there is a notion that the presence of one or more hairs in a melanocytic lesion is confirmatory for the benign nature of the lesion. To dispel this notion, we present 3 examples of melanocytic lesions that showed terminal hairs on clinical and dermoscopic evaluation, but in which the final diagnosis was invasive melanoma. Thus, integrating all clinical and dermoscopic findings, rather than relying on a single criterion for the lesion at hand should guide clinicians to the correct diagnosis.
AB - The vast majority of melanocytic lesions with hair, such as congenital melanocytic nevi, are benign. However, there is a notion that the presence of one or more hairs in a melanocytic lesion is confirmatory for the benign nature of the lesion. To dispel this notion, we present 3 examples of melanocytic lesions that showed terminal hairs on clinical and dermoscopic evaluation, but in which the final diagnosis was invasive melanoma. Thus, integrating all clinical and dermoscopic findings, rather than relying on a single criterion for the lesion at hand should guide clinicians to the correct diagnosis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.10.009
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C2 - 17156892
AN - SCOPUS:33847076202
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 56
SP - 413
EP - 416
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 3
ER -