ABSTRACT Pigmented Bowen's disease is a rare subtype of Bowen's disease. Clinically it presents as a slow-growing, well-defined, hyperpigmented plaque, and should be included as a differential diagnosis of other pigmented lesions. The authors describe a challenging case of pigmented Bowen's disease with ...
Abstract: Nevus spilus is a melanocytic cutaneous lesion consisting of a light brown background macule with numerous superimposed darker maculopapular speckles. Melanoma arising from a nevus spilus is rare, with less than 40 cases reported to date. The absolute risk for malignant transformation is not we...
Abstract: Blue nevus is a benign melanocytic lesion whose most frequent variants are dendritic (common) blue nevus and cellular blue nevus. Atypical cellular blue nevus presents an intermediate histopathology between the typical and a rare variant of malignant blue nevus/melanoma arising in a cellular bl...
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Basal cell carcinoma is the malignant tumor most often diagnosed in the National Campaign for Skin Cancer Prevention (NCSCP). Little is known about the profile of these lesions compared to the profile of lesions diagnosed by conventional routes of public dermatological care. OBJEC...
Carcinoma Basocelular/diagnóstico,
Tamizaje Masivo,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/diagnóstico,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Carcinoma Basocelular/epidemiología,
Carcinoma Basocelular/patología,
Estudios Transversales,
Estadificación de Neoplasias,
Derivación y Consulta,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/epidemiología,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología
ABSTRACT Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath is a benign soft tissue tumor most frequent between the third and fifth decades of life. It can mimic and make differential diagnoses with several hand tumors. Definitive diagnosis and the treatment of choice are reached with complete resection and histopath...
Abstract: We report a rare clinical case of hemosiderotic dermatofibroma in a 36-year-old female patient. The main dermatoscopic finding was represented by homogeneous blue-gray pigmentation. The aim of this report is to demonstrate the rarity of the lesion and the dermatoscopic importance it assumes by ...
Abstract Introduction Perineural invasion is a unique route for tumor dissemination. In basal cell carcinomas, the incidence is low, but increases in advanced cases. Its importance is recognized but not fully understood. Objective To compare head and neck basal cell carcinomas with and without perineur...
Introducción:
es sabido que el pronóstico del melanoma cutáneo depende, entre otros factores, de la existencia de diseminación linfática a ganglios. La biopsia del ganglio centinela busca identificar metástasis ganglionares subclínicas.
Objetivo:
el presente estudio tuvo por objetivo analizar l...
Abstract: Clear cell acanthoma is a rare, epidermal tumor not common in the area of the nipples; indeed, the literature describes only 8 cases, all showing unilateral presentation. We here report the first case of bilateral clear cell acanthoma with good response to topical corticosteroids. Case report:...
Acantoma/tratamiento farmacológico,
Acantoma/patología,
Administración Tópica,
Biopsia,
Clobetasol/administración & dosificación,
Glucocorticoides/administración & dosificación,
Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples/patología,
Pezones/patología,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma is a rare neoplasia, and its periorbital presentation is rather uncommon. We present a case of a male patient who was surgically treated, with the reconstruction performed with a frontal myocutaneous flap. The patient has been followed up for one year with adequate oncol...
