Trichoscopy of Scalp Metastases

A 69-year-old woman with invasive ductal breast cancer (BC) presented multiple asymptomatic alopecic areas of the scalp. Trichoscopy revealed peripheral black dots (BDs) and an atypical vascular pattern. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of BC metastases. Cutaneous and scalp metastases are a po...

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Autores principales: Ravaioli, Giulia Maria, Starace, Michela, Alessandrini, Aurora Maria, Guicciardi, Federica, Moustafa, Farah, Brandi, Nicolò, Piraccini, Bianca Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31007478
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_66_18
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author Ravaioli, Giulia Maria
Starace, Michela
Alessandrini, Aurora Maria
Guicciardi, Federica
Moustafa, Farah
Brandi, Nicolò
Piraccini, Bianca Maria
author_facet Ravaioli, Giulia Maria
Starace, Michela
Alessandrini, Aurora Maria
Guicciardi, Federica
Moustafa, Farah
Brandi, Nicolò
Piraccini, Bianca Maria
author_sort Ravaioli, Giulia Maria
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description A 69-year-old woman with invasive ductal breast cancer (BC) presented multiple asymptomatic alopecic areas of the scalp. Trichoscopy revealed peripheral black dots (BDs) and an atypical vascular pattern. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of BC metastases. Cutaneous and scalp metastases are a possible sign of advanced and widespread BC, and the diagnosis may be challenging. The trichoscopy of scalp metastases has never been described. BDs and an atypical vascular pattern in our case were a diagnostic clue.
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spelling pubmed-64634572019-04-19 Trichoscopy of Scalp Metastases Ravaioli, Giulia Maria Starace, Michela Alessandrini, Aurora Maria Guicciardi, Federica Moustafa, Farah Brandi, Nicolò Piraccini, Bianca Maria Int J Trichology Case Report A 69-year-old woman with invasive ductal breast cancer (BC) presented multiple asymptomatic alopecic areas of the scalp. Trichoscopy revealed peripheral black dots (BDs) and an atypical vascular pattern. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of BC metastases. Cutaneous and scalp metastases are a possible sign of advanced and widespread BC, and the diagnosis may be challenging. The trichoscopy of scalp metastases has never been described. BDs and an atypical vascular pattern in our case were a diagnostic clue. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6463457/ /pubmed/31007478 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_66_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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