Abstract
Pigmented actinic keratosis and melanoma may exhibit overlapping clinical features, thus representing a diagnostic challenge for dermatologists. Although the differentiation between these two entities is traditionally done by histopathology, dermoscopy has been utilized as a useful additional aid for improving the clinical diagnostic accuracy of such pigmented skin lesions. We report the clinical and dermoscopic features of two pigmented actinic keratoses to discuss the difficulties in their preoperative differential diagnosis.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1071-1074 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2005 |
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Pitfalls in the clinical and dermoscopic diagnosis of pigmented actinic keratosis. / Zalaudek, Iris; Ferrara, Gerardo; Leinweber, Bernd; Mercogliano, Anna; D'Ambrosio, Angela; Argenziano, Giuseppe.
In: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Vol. 53, No. 6, 12.2005, p. 1071-1074.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Pitfalls in the clinical and dermoscopic diagnosis of pigmented actinic keratosis
AU - Zalaudek, Iris
AU - Ferrara, Gerardo
AU - Leinweber, Bernd
AU - Mercogliano, Anna
AU - D'Ambrosio, Angela
AU - Argenziano, Giuseppe
PY - 2005/12
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N2 - Pigmented actinic keratosis and melanoma may exhibit overlapping clinical features, thus representing a diagnostic challenge for dermatologists. Although the differentiation between these two entities is traditionally done by histopathology, dermoscopy has been utilized as a useful additional aid for improving the clinical diagnostic accuracy of such pigmented skin lesions. We report the clinical and dermoscopic features of two pigmented actinic keratoses to discuss the difficulties in their preoperative differential diagnosis.
AB - Pigmented actinic keratosis and melanoma may exhibit overlapping clinical features, thus representing a diagnostic challenge for dermatologists. Although the differentiation between these two entities is traditionally done by histopathology, dermoscopy has been utilized as a useful additional aid for improving the clinical diagnostic accuracy of such pigmented skin lesions. We report the clinical and dermoscopic features of two pigmented actinic keratoses to discuss the difficulties in their preoperative differential diagnosis.
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JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
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