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Melanomas primários sincrônicos: aspectos dermatoscópicos

Melanomas sincrônicos são raros e pouco descritos na literatura. São classificados dessa maneira quando um segundo melanoma é observado no primeiro exame ou até três meses após o primeiro diagnóstico. Descrevemos um inusitado caso e o exame dermatoscópico de um paciente com dois melanomas primá...

Yellow dots in trichoscopy: relevance, clinical significance and peculiarities

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5), 2017
Abstract: Yellow dots are follicular ostium filled with keratin and/or sebum. Initially, they were exclusively associated with alopecia areata. Currently they have also been described in androgenetic alopecia, chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus, and dissecting cellulitis. Due to the growing ...

Disseminated tungiasis

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5), 2017
Abstract: The authors report an unusual case of disseminated tungiasis in a 52-year-old patient living in the city of Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, who had crusted-papular-nodular lesions located in feet, hands, and right thigh. Diagnosis was confirmed by dermoscopy and anatomopathological e...

Lichen planopilaris developed during childhood

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017
Abstract: Lichen planopilaris is a disease that appears with lymphocytic cicatricial alopecia. It is considered a follicular variant of lichen planus. The examination of affected areas shows alopecia with perifollicular erythema and scaling, revealing a predilection for hair follicles. The involvement of...

The recurrent nevus phenomenon

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017
Abstract: Recurrent melanocytic nevus is a proliferation of melanocytes arising from a melanocytic nevus removed partially. Asymmetry and irregular pigmentation may lead to misdiagnosis of melanoma. We report a patient presented with a lesion on the lower abdomen, which was removed by shave excision. Ana...

Synchronous conjunctival melanoma and lentigo maligna melanoma

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017
Abstract: Lentigo maligna has an extensive and neoplastic character. It typically progresses slowly and may eventually develop into an invasive melanoma, which is called lentigo maligna melanoma. Ocular melanoma is the second most common type of melanoma. The uvea is the most common site of origin of ocu...

Reflectance confocal microscopy of tinea nigra: comparing images with dermoscopy and mycological examination results

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017
Abstract: Tinea nigra is a superficial mycosis whose diagnosis is confirmed by isolating the infectious agent Hortae werneckii through mycological examinations. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy, initially used in melanocytic dermatosis, has been used with skin infectious diseases to identify the p...

Xantogranuloma juvenil solitario y múltiple
Solitary and Multiple Juvenile Xanthogranuloma

El Xantogranuloma Juvenil es un desorden relativamente raro, aunque es la forma más frecuente de la histiocitosis de células no Langerhans, principalmente en niños, afectando con frecuencia la cabeza y tronco. Está constituido típicamente por una pápula o nódulo único, de coloración eritematosa ...

Lentigo maligno na face: um desafio na conduta

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (3), 2017
Resumo O lentigo maligno é um melanoma in situ, de crescimento radial e lento, que acomete áreas fotoexpostas principalmente em idosos. Quando acomete a pálpebra, devido à proximidade a um órgão nobre, a conduta é controversa, porém a cirurgia é o método mais usado, com margens que variam de ac...