study in Japan. Arch Dermatol. 2004;140(10):1233-1238. 6. Altamura D, Zalaudek I, Sera F, et al. Dermoscopic changes in acral melanocytic nevi during digital follow-up. Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(11):13721376. 7. Ozdemir F, Karaarslan IK, Akalin T. Variations in the dermoscopic features of acquired acral melanocytic nevi. Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(11):13781384. 8. Minagawa A, Koga H, Saida T. Dermos...

proper differentiation between acral malignant melanoma and benign pigmented lesions like melanocytic nevi is of great value. to avoid unnecessary biopsies, dermatoscopy has been introduced as a non-invasive modality and has improved the clinical diagnostic accuracy in recent decades. we aimed to describe dermoscopic patterns of acral pigmented lesions of patients in the clinic of dermatology i...

BACKGROUND Melanocytic nevi are frequently found on acral volar skin. Differentiation between nevi and melanoma is essential and sometimes difficult, although dermoscopy has enabled a more specific diagnosis of pigmented lesions. Dermoscopic patterns of lesions on acral volar skin have mostly been described in European and Asian populations. The Latin American population is heterogeneous, and p...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the dermoscopic features of acral melanocytic lesions in a white population in central Italy. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING University dermatology department. PATIENTS Six hundred fifty-one Italian subjects, ranging in age from 6 months to 78 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We retrospectively investigated all digital dermoscopic images of acral melanocytic l...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation between age and dermatoscopic features of acral nevi. We evaluated 159 dermatoscopic images of melanocytic nevi from 146 individuals filed at the Dermatoscopy Outpatient Clinic of Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East between April 2006 and March 2009. All images of melanocytic lesions on acral volar skin that showed a clea...

UNLABELLED Melanocytic nevi are the most common tumors of the conjunctiva, accounting for 28% of all neoplastic lesions. These tumors, despite their benign behavior, share some atypical histological features with nevi found in other anatomic sites like the genital and acral regions, globally designated as nevi with site-related atypia. Moreover, in children and adolescents, rapidly growing conj...

We examined auricular melanocytic nevi to evaluate their architectural and cytologic features. A retrospective analysis of 21 auricular melanocytic nevi was conducted during 3 years. The nevi were evaluated for cytologic atypia, architectural disorder, location of epidermal nests, pagetoid spread, growth pattern (symmetry versus asymmetry), demarcation of lateral borders, and host response (lym...

Eruptive melanocytic nevi (EMN) is an unusual phenomenon characterized by the abrupt development of multiple melanocytic nevi over weeks to months in association with an underlying trigger. The underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, however, they have been associated with a variety of conditions. EMN is relatively uncommon and might be underreported due to the absence of close monitori...

istic epiluminescent microscopic features of early malignant melanoma on glabrous skin: a videomicroscopic analysis. Arch Dermatol. 1998;134(5):563-568. 2. Saida T, Miyazaki A, Oguchi S, et al. Significance of dermoscopic patterns in detecting malignant melanoma on acral volar skin: results of a multicenter study in Japan. Arch Dermatol. 2004;140(10):1233-1238. 3. Saida T, Koga H. Dermoscopic p...