Dispelling the myth of the “benign hair sign” for melanoma - 12/08/11
Reprint requests: Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD, Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 160 E 53rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022.New York, New York; Bologna, Italy; Plantation, Florida; and Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract |
The vast majority of melanocytic lesions with hair, such as congenital melanocytic nevi, are benign. However, there is a notion that the presence of one or more hairs in a melanocytic lesion is confirmatory for the benign nature of the lesion. To dispel this notion, we present 3 examples of melanocytic lesions that showed terminal hairs on clinical and dermoscopic evaluation, but in which the final diagnosis was invasive melanoma. Thus, integrating all clinical and dermoscopic findings, rather than relying on a single criterion for the lesion at hand should guide clinicians to the correct diagnosis.
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Vol 56 - N° 3
P. 413-416 - mars 2007 Retour au numéro
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