Red dot basal cell carcinoma is a unique variant of basal cell carcinoma. Including the three patients described in this report, red dot basal cell carcinoma has only been described in seven individuals. This paper describes the features of two males and one female with red dot basal cell carcinoma and reviews the characteristics of other patients with this clinical subtype of basal cell carcin...

A 48-year-old man presented with a two-year-history of a slowly growing pigmented lesion on his forehead. Dermatological examination revealed an irregular, multi-colored papule with a diameter of 25 x 26 mm (Figure 1). Dermatoscopic examination disclosed blue-gray globules, leaf-like structures and structureless areas (Figures 2, 3). Dermatoscopy: A multicolored lesion on the forehead Engin Şenel1

A 4-year-old Caucasian girl was referred to our Paediatric Dermatology Unit for evaluation of a dome-shaped papular lesion on the columella. The papule had appeared 8 months earlier and been reported as progressively growing, but completely asymptomatic. On examination, 4 mm in diameter elastic hard palpation (Figure 1a). Noncontact polarised dermoscopy showed highly vascularises pattern, with ...

140 Ann Dermatol Received January 2, 2015, Revised March 23, 2015, Accepted for publication April 8, 2015 Corresponding author: Kui Young Park, Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06973, Korea. Tel: 82-2-6299-1525, Fax: 82-2-823-1049, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Co...

Leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease classified to acute and chronic types based on the duration of the disease. The acute lesion is presented as ulcerated papule and nodule that heal after a few months with an atrophic scar. The chronic form of cutaneous leishmaniasis is a nonhealing lesion that is persistent for more than one year. Here, we describe a chronic case of leishmaniasis deve...

Sebaceoma is a benign tumor with sebaceous differentiation. It usually presents as a yellowish papule or nodule on the face and scalp. This is a report of a 27-year-old-woman who presented with a giant, 6cm×4.5 cm exophytic tumor on her head. Clinically, we considered several diseases; however, the histological and immunohistochemical features matched those of sebaceoma. The lesion was excised ...