Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis

Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution....

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Autores principales: Casari, Alice, Pellacani, Giovanni, Seidenari, Stefania, Cesinaro, Anna Maria, Beretti, Francesca, Pepe, Patrizia, Longo, Caterina
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21151507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/406859
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author Casari, Alice
Pellacani, Giovanni
Seidenari, Stefania
Cesinaro, Anna Maria
Beretti, Francesca
Pepe, Patrizia
Longo, Caterina
author_facet Casari, Alice
Pellacani, Giovanni
Seidenari, Stefania
Cesinaro, Anna Maria
Beretti, Francesca
Pepe, Patrizia
Longo, Caterina
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description Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution. Here, we present four cases of challenging nodular lesions where confocal microscopy was able to clarify the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-29897032010-12-13 Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis Casari, Alice Pellacani, Giovanni Seidenari, Stefania Cesinaro, Anna Maria Beretti, Francesca Pepe, Patrizia Longo, Caterina J Skin Cancer Case Report Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution. Here, we present four cases of challenging nodular lesions where confocal microscopy was able to clarify the diagnosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2010-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC2989703/ /pubmed/21151507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/406859 Text en Copyright © 2011 Alice Casari 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
Casari, Alice
Pellacani, Giovanni
Seidenari, Stefania
Cesinaro, Anna Maria
Beretti, Francesca
Pepe, Patrizia
Longo, Caterina
Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis
title Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis
title_full Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis
title_fullStr Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis
title_short Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis
title_sort pigmented nodular basal cell carcinomas in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas: confocal microscopy as a reliable tool for in vivo histologic diagnosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21151507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/406859
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