Dermoscopy of granuloma faciale: a description of a new finding

Granuloma faciale is a rare, chronic dermatologic disorder, which mainly affects the face. Recently, dermoscopy has been demonstrated as an important ancillary tool on the clinical diagnosis of facial dermatoses. We report two cases of granuloma faciale with yellow areas on dermoscopy that was not y...

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Autores principales: Jardim, Márcio Martins Lobo, Uchiyama, Juliana, Kakizaki, Priscila, Valente, Neusa Yuriko Sakai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018
Materias:
Images in Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6063106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30066773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187017
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Sumario:Granuloma faciale is a rare, chronic dermatologic disorder, which mainly affects the face. Recently, dermoscopy has been demonstrated as an important ancillary tool on the clinical diagnosis of facial dermatoses. We report two cases of granuloma faciale with yellow areas on dermoscopy that was not yet described in the literature, corresponding to abundant hemosiderin on histopathological examination.

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