Abstract
Background: Scarce evidence exists on the dermoscopic pattern of psoriasis on specific body sites. Objective: To describe the dermoscopic characteristics of psoriatic plaques located on the scalp, face, folds, palms, soles and genitalia. Methods: Dermoscopic images of psoriatic lesions located on the aforementioned body sites were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of predefined criteria. Results: A total of 139 lesions from 85 patients were included in the study. Dotted vessels were the commonest dermoscopic criterion (97.1%) followed by white scales (64.7%), while vessel distribution was regular in 87.7% of cases. Regularly distributed dotted vessels represented a constant finding in all locations, while the frequency of white scales varied significantly among different body sites. Conclusion: The well-known dermoscopic criteria of psoriasis can also be seen in lesions located on the scalp, face, palms, soles, folds and genitalia, with the frequency of white scales varying among different body sites.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 250-254 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Dermatology |
| Volume | 228 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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Keywords
- Dermatoscopy
- Dermoscopy
- Inverse psoriasis
- Psoriasis
- Scalp psoriasis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
- Medicine(all)
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Dermoscopic pattern of psoriatic lesions on specific body sites. / Lallas, Aimilios; Apalla, Zoe; Argenziano, Giuseppe; Sotiriou, Eleni; Di Lernia, Vito; Moscarella, Elvira; Longo, Caterina; Sidiropoulos, Theodoros; Zalaudek, Iris.
In: Dermatology, Vol. 228, No. 3, 2014, p. 250-254.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Dermoscopic pattern of psoriatic lesions on specific body sites
AU - Lallas, Aimilios
AU - Apalla, Zoe
AU - Argenziano, Giuseppe
AU - Sotiriou, Eleni
AU - Di Lernia, Vito
AU - Moscarella, Elvira
AU - Longo, Caterina
AU - Sidiropoulos, Theodoros
AU - Zalaudek, Iris
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: Scarce evidence exists on the dermoscopic pattern of psoriasis on specific body sites. Objective: To describe the dermoscopic characteristics of psoriatic plaques located on the scalp, face, folds, palms, soles and genitalia. Methods: Dermoscopic images of psoriatic lesions located on the aforementioned body sites were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of predefined criteria. Results: A total of 139 lesions from 85 patients were included in the study. Dotted vessels were the commonest dermoscopic criterion (97.1%) followed by white scales (64.7%), while vessel distribution was regular in 87.7% of cases. Regularly distributed dotted vessels represented a constant finding in all locations, while the frequency of white scales varied significantly among different body sites. Conclusion: The well-known dermoscopic criteria of psoriasis can also be seen in lesions located on the scalp, face, palms, soles, folds and genitalia, with the frequency of white scales varying among different body sites.
AB - Background: Scarce evidence exists on the dermoscopic pattern of psoriasis on specific body sites. Objective: To describe the dermoscopic characteristics of psoriatic plaques located on the scalp, face, folds, palms, soles and genitalia. Methods: Dermoscopic images of psoriatic lesions located on the aforementioned body sites were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of predefined criteria. Results: A total of 139 lesions from 85 patients were included in the study. Dotted vessels were the commonest dermoscopic criterion (97.1%) followed by white scales (64.7%), while vessel distribution was regular in 87.7% of cases. Regularly distributed dotted vessels represented a constant finding in all locations, while the frequency of white scales varied significantly among different body sites. Conclusion: The well-known dermoscopic criteria of psoriasis can also be seen in lesions located on the scalp, face, palms, soles, folds and genitalia, with the frequency of white scales varying among different body sites.
KW - Dermatoscopy
KW - Dermoscopy
KW - Inverse psoriasis
KW - Psoriasis
KW - Scalp psoriasis
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