A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus

We present an unusual onset of cutaneous lichen planus (LP) in a middle-aged patient. The initial presentation as solitary, indolent pink lesion required further investigations to rule out malignancy, especially amelanotic melanoma. Dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy findings were found...

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Autores principales: Pezzini, Claudia, Piana, Simonetta, Longo, Caterina, Benati, Elisa, Borsari, Stefania, Specchio, Francesca, Moscarella, Elvira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Derm101.com 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214109
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0704a10
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author Pezzini, Claudia
Piana, Simonetta
Longo, Caterina
Benati, Elisa
Borsari, Stefania
Specchio, Francesca
Moscarella, Elvira
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Piana, Simonetta
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description We present an unusual onset of cutaneous lichen planus (LP) in a middle-aged patient. The initial presentation as solitary, indolent pink lesion required further investigations to rule out malignancy, especially amelanotic melanoma. Dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy findings were found to be helpful in our case in addressing the correct diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-57181262017-12-06 A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus Pezzini, Claudia Piana, Simonetta Longo, Caterina Benati, Elisa Borsari, Stefania Specchio, Francesca Moscarella, Elvira Dermatol Pract Concept Observation We present an unusual onset of cutaneous lichen planus (LP) in a middle-aged patient. The initial presentation as solitary, indolent pink lesion required further investigations to rule out malignancy, especially amelanotic melanoma. Dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy findings were found to be helpful in our case in addressing the correct diagnosis. Derm101.com 2017-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5718126/ /pubmed/29214109 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0704a10 Text en ©2017 Pezzini et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Observation
Pezzini, Claudia
Piana, Simonetta
Longo, Caterina
Benati, Elisa
Borsari, Stefania
Specchio, Francesca
Moscarella, Elvira
A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus
title A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus
title_full A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus
title_fullStr A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus
title_full_unstemmed A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus
title_short A solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and RCM features of lichen planus
title_sort solitary pink lesion: dermoscopy and rcm features of lichen planus
topic Observation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214109
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0704a10
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