Special Locations Dermoscopy : Facial, Acral, and Nail - 28/09/13
, Alice Phan, MD, PhD, Pauline Pralong, MD, Nicolas Poulalhon, MD, Sébastien Debarbieux, MD, Stéphane Dalle, MD, PhDRésumé |
Although dermoscopy reflects the anatomy, skin anatomy is different on facial and acral skin as well as in the nail unit. Malignant patterns on acral sites include the parallel ridge pattern and irregular diffuse pigmentation, whose presence should lead to a biopsy. Malignant patterns on the face include features of follicular invasion (signet-ring images, annular granular images, and rhomboidal structures) and atypical vessels. Malignant patterns on the nail unit include the micro-Hutchinson sign and irregular longitudinal lines.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Dermoscopy, Melanoma, Nevus, Nail, Palm, Soles, Face, Pigmentation
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| The authors declare no potential conflict of interest with this article. |
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| Academic work and research activity of the department of dermatology of Claude Bernard – Lyon 1 university of the Center Hospitalier Lyon Sud is supported by grants of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 university (to L. Thomas, A. Phan, and S. Dalle), of the Direction de la Recherche Clinique des Hospices Civils de Lyon (to L. Thomas), and of la Ligue Contre le Cancer du Rhône (to L. Thomas and S. Debarbieux). |
Vol 31 - N° 4
P. 615-624 - octobre 2013 Retour au numéro
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