Dermoscopic findings in cutaneous metastases.

Dermoscopic patterns of cutaneous melanoma metastases.

In 2-8% of patients with melanoma, the first clinical manifestation of the disease may be skin metastasis. In these cases, differential diagnosis with the primary melanoma, benign melanocytic lesions, and other malignant and benign skin growths is particularly challenging. For this reason, the dermatologist's approach to cutaneous metastases of malignant melanoma calls for knowledge of the grea...

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[Dermoscopic study of cutaneous malignant melanoma: descriptive analysis of 45 cases].

INTRODUCTION Dermoscopy or epiluminescence microscopy is a novel in vivo technique that can be used for the diagnosis of pigmented cutaneous lesions. The aim of this study was to analyze the dermoscopic patterns observed in a consecutive series of primary cutaneous melanomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in which clinical, histological, and dermoscopic characte...

Cutaneous metastases in a patient with no previous diagnosis of cancer: diagnostic challenge*

On rare occasions, skin lesions are the first local of metastatic manifestation of internal malignancies. In case of no previous diagnosis of these tumors, the approach of suspicious skin lesions becomes a challenge, especially in differentiating cutaneous metastases and adnexal primary neoplasms. Currently, besides epidemiologic, dermoscopic and histopathologic aspects, the evaluation also int...

Dermoscopic characteristics of melanoma according to the criteria „ulceration“ and „mitotic rate“ of the AJCC 2009 staging system for melanoma

OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to identify possible dermoscopic patterns, associated with mitotic rate > 1/mm2, histological ulceration in melanoma and metastatic disease. METHODS For this retrospective data analysis all clinical and dermoscopic digital images of primary malignant melanomas between 2008 and 2013 documented at the Department of Dermatology Graz were included, using ...