Dermoscopic patterns of cutaneous melanoma metastases.

Dermoscopic findings in cutaneous metastases.

IMPORTANCE Cutaneous metastases rarely develop in patients with cancer but have important implications for prognosis and treatment. While dermoscopy is useful for many skin lesions, few data exist regarding dermoscopic findings in cutaneous metastases. OBSERVATIONS We reviewed high-quality dermoscopic images of 20 outpatients with biopsy-proven cutaneous metastases and known diagnosis of unde...

[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...

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 ...

Reed nevus (pigmented spindle-cell nevus): a report of three cases with distinct dermoscopic patterns.

Reed nevus or pigmented spindle-cell nevus may mimic cutaneous melanoma; however, its dermoscopic and histopathological characteristics are different. This case report describes three patients with distinct clinical, dermoscopic and histopathological presentations, which were correlated to enable a differential diagnosis to be made between melanoma and Spitz nevus.

Dermoscopic patterns of cutaneous metastases Study of the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS) www.dermoscopy-ids.org Coordinators