Amelanotic metastatic cutaneous melanoma

Dermatoscopy of melanocytic lesions has guided the decision of when or not to biopsy a lesion. The use of this tool has increased clinical examination's sensitivity and specificity in 89% and 96% respectively. However, dermatoscopic evaluation of amelanotic or hypomelanotic melanomas, as well a...

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Autores principales: Mendes, Marcela Sena Teixeira, Costa, Mariana Carvalho, Gomes, Ciro Martins, de Araújo, Lisley Calixto, Takano, Gustavo Henrique Soares
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
Materias:
Imaging In Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24474114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132206
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Sumario:Dermatoscopy of melanocytic lesions has guided the decision of when or not to biopsy a lesion. The use of this tool has increased clinical examination's sensitivity and specificity in 89% and 96% respectively. However, dermatoscopic evaluation of amelanotic or hypomelanotic melanomas, as well as metastases, can be difficult. There is still no standardization for the analysis of these pathologies, which relies mostly on their vascular pattern. We describe the dermatoscopy of acral metastatic amelanotic melanoma.

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