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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules
Nodular lesions can be difficult to diagnose under dermoscopy alone, since they often lack specific diagnostic features. Confocal microscopy can be used as an aid to dermoscopy, to increase the diagnostic accuracy on equivocal skin lesions. We report three cases of bluish nodular lesions, difficult...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20886008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/168248 |
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author | Bassoli, Sara Seidenari, Stefania Pellacani, Giovanni Longo, Caterina Cesinaro, Anna Maria |
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description | Nodular lesions can be difficult to diagnose under dermoscopy alone, since they often lack specific diagnostic features. Confocal microscopy can be used as an aid to dermoscopy, to increase the diagnostic accuracy on equivocal skin lesions. We report three cases of bluish nodular lesions, difficult to diagnose under dermoscopy alone. Confocal features were very useful in these cases to lead us to the correct diagnosis, recognizing benign versus malignant entities. Histopathology is also reported, with high correspondence compared to the confocal imaging. |
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spelling | pubmed-29456512010-09-30 Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules Bassoli, Sara Seidenari, Stefania Pellacani, Giovanni Longo, Caterina Cesinaro, Anna Maria Dermatol Res Pract Case Report Nodular lesions can be difficult to diagnose under dermoscopy alone, since they often lack specific diagnostic features. Confocal microscopy can be used as an aid to dermoscopy, to increase the diagnostic accuracy on equivocal skin lesions. We report three cases of bluish nodular lesions, difficult to diagnose under dermoscopy alone. Confocal features were very useful in these cases to lead us to the correct diagnosis, recognizing benign versus malignant entities. Histopathology is also reported, with high correspondence compared to the confocal imaging. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2945651/ /pubmed/20886008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/168248 Text en Copyright © 2010 Sara Bassoli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Bassoli, Sara Seidenari, Stefania Pellacani, Giovanni Longo, Caterina Cesinaro, Anna Maria Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules |
title | Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules |
title_full | Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules |
title_fullStr | Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules |
title_full_unstemmed | Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules |
title_short | Reflectance Confocal Microscopy as an Aid to Dermoscopy to Improve Diagnosis on Equivocal Lesions: Evaluation of Three Bluish Nodules |
title_sort | reflectance confocal microscopy as an aid to dermoscopy to improve diagnosis on equivocal lesions: evaluation of three bluish nodules |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20886008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/168248 |
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