Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()

The clinical identification of amelanotic malignant melanoma (AMM) and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma (HMM) becomes difficult due to the lack of pigmentation and to the diverse clinical presentations. Dermoscopy is very useful in these cases, increasing the level of suspicion of malignancy. We rep...

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Autores principales: Steglich, Raquel Bissacotti, Meotti, Carolina Degeon, Ferreira, Mariana Silveira, Lovatto, Louise, de Carvalho, André Vicente Esteves, de Castro, Carlos Gustavo Carneiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2012
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Imaging In Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962012000600019
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author Steglich, Raquel Bissacotti
Meotti, Carolina Degeon
Ferreira, Mariana Silveira
Lovatto, Louise
de Carvalho, André Vicente Esteves
de Castro, Carlos Gustavo Carneiro
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description The clinical identification of amelanotic malignant melanoma (AMM) and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma (HMM) becomes difficult due to the lack of pigmentation and to the diverse clinical presentations. Dermoscopy is very useful in these cases, increasing the level of suspicion of malignancy. We report 4 cases of amelanotic malignant melanoma and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma with characteristic dermoscopic findings. Dermoscopy under polarized light demonstrates vascular polymorphism, globules and milky-red areas, in addition to chrysalis and multiple blue-gray dots.
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spelling pubmed-36999152013-07-09 Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma() Steglich, Raquel Bissacotti Meotti, Carolina Degeon Ferreira, Mariana Silveira Lovatto, Louise de Carvalho, André Vicente Esteves de Castro, Carlos Gustavo Carneiro An Bras Dermatol Imaging In Dermatology The clinical identification of amelanotic malignant melanoma (AMM) and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma (HMM) becomes difficult due to the lack of pigmentation and to the diverse clinical presentations. Dermoscopy is very useful in these cases, increasing the level of suspicion of malignancy. We report 4 cases of amelanotic malignant melanoma and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma with characteristic dermoscopic findings. Dermoscopy under polarized light demonstrates vascular polymorphism, globules and milky-red areas, in addition to chrysalis and multiple blue-gray dots. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3699915/ /pubmed/23197217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962012000600019 Text en ©2012 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Imaging In Dermatology
Steglich, Raquel Bissacotti
Meotti, Carolina Degeon
Ferreira, Mariana Silveira
Lovatto, Louise
de Carvalho, André Vicente Esteves
de Castro, Carlos Gustavo Carneiro
Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
title Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
title_full Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
title_fullStr Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
title_full_unstemmed Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
title_short Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
title_sort dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma()
topic Imaging In Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962012000600019
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