TY - JOUR
T1 - Dermoscopy of a plantar combined blue nevus
T2 - A simulator of melanoma
AU - Panasiti, V.
AU - Devirgiliis, V.
AU - Borroni, R. G.
AU - Mancini, M.
AU - Rossi, M.
AU - Curzio, M.
AU - Mastrecchia, B.
AU - Bottoni, U.
AU - Innocenzi, D.
AU - Calvieri, S.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Dermoscopy allows early detection of melanoma also on acral volar skin. The majority of melanocytic nevi on palms and soles may show three major dermoscopic patterns: the parallel-furrow pattern, the lattice-like pattern, and the fibrillar pattern. Melanomas at these sites are characterized by the parallel ridge pattern. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman who had an oval papule of bluish color, measuring 0.6 × 0.9 cm, localized on her left sole, that had been present, unchanged, for more than 10 years. Dermoscopy showed a parallel ridge pattern. The histopathological examination revealed a combined blue nevus. We present this case to underline that on acral volar skin also intradermal nevi, such as combined blue nevi, may dermoscopically exhibit a parallel ridge pattern, simulating melanoma.
AB - Dermoscopy allows early detection of melanoma also on acral volar skin. The majority of melanocytic nevi on palms and soles may show three major dermoscopic patterns: the parallel-furrow pattern, the lattice-like pattern, and the fibrillar pattern. Melanomas at these sites are characterized by the parallel ridge pattern. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman who had an oval papule of bluish color, measuring 0.6 × 0.9 cm, localized on her left sole, that had been present, unchanged, for more than 10 years. Dermoscopy showed a parallel ridge pattern. The histopathological examination revealed a combined blue nevus. We present this case to underline that on acral volar skin also intradermal nevi, such as combined blue nevi, may dermoscopically exhibit a parallel ridge pattern, simulating melanoma.
KW - Acral volar skin
KW - Blue nevus, combined
KW - Dermoscopy
KW - Parallel ridge pattern
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U2 - 10.1159/000098579
DO - 10.1159/000098579
M3 - Article
C2 - 17341869
AN - SCOPUS:33847711806
VL - 214
SP - 174
EP - 176
JO - Dermatology
JF - Dermatology
SN - 1018-8665
IS - 2
ER -