Paradigmatic cases of pigmented lesions: How to not miss melanoma

Francesca Farnetani; Alon Scope; Valeria Coco; Stefania Guida; Anna Maria Cesinaro; Simonetta Piana; Ketty Peris; Giovanni Pellacani; Caterina Longo

doi:10.1111/1346-8138.13522

Paradigmatic cases of pigmented lesions: How to not miss melanoma

Francesca Farnetani^*, Alon Scope, Valeria Coco, Stefania Guida, Anna Maria Cesinaro, Simonetta Piana, Ketty Peris, Giovanni Pellacani, Caterina Longo

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Abstract

A large number of cases of melanoma exhibit clinical and dermoscopic clues leading to the correct diagnosis; however, sometimes melanoma can mimic benign melanocytic and non-melanocytic lesions. We present a small series of melanomas in which additional clues provided by confocal microscopy increased the index of suspicion and prompted us to perform an excisional biopsy. Practical rules that are useful in difficult-to-diagnose melanomas are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1433-1437
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Dermatology
Volume	43
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1346-8138.13522
State	Published - 1 Dec 2016

Keywords

confocal microscopy
dermoscopy
diagnostic tools
melanoma
practical rules

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