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Dermoscopic and clinical features of head and neck melanoma

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dc.contributor.authorCengiz, FATMA PELİN
dc.contributor.authorCENGIZ, Abdurrahman Bugra
dc.contributor.authorEmiroglu, NAZAN
dc.contributor.authorCOMERT, Ela
dc.contributor.authorWELLENHOF, Rainer Hofmann
dc.contributor.institutionauthorCENGİZ, FATMA PELIN
dc.contributor.institutionauthorEMİROĞLU, NAZAN
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-05T13:29:27Z
dc.date.available2019-10-05T13:29:27Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-01
dc.description.abstractAbstract: BACKGROUND: The dermoscopic criteria of extrafacial melanomas are well-known. OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of dermatoscopic fi ndings in head and neck melanomas (HNM) and to assess the distinguishing dermoscopic criteria of facial and extrafacial melanoma. METHODS: This observational study included 108 patients with HNM (63% male, mean age 64 years). Participants underwent individual dermoscopic imaging of clinically melanoma. All lesions were excised, and histopathological examination was performed on all specimens. RESULTS: Drawing on histopathological analysis, lentigo maligna melanoma or lentigo maligna was diagnosed in 60 lesions, superfi cial spreading melanoma in 18, nodular in 10, desmoplastic in 8, superfi cial spreading melanoma in situ in 12. The most frequent location for head and neck melanoma was the cheek (60 patients, 55.6%). Eight prominent dermatoscopic features were observed in facial melanoma: annular-granular pattern (18%); rhomboidal structures (29%); pseudonetwork (29%); asymmetrical, pigmented, follicular openings (51%); obliterated hair follicles (8%); red rhomboidal structures (18%); increased density of the vascular network (32%); scar-like depigmentation (59%). CONCLUSIONS: HNM has specifi c dermoscopic features, and classical extrafacial dermoscopic rules are less useful for diagnosis of facial melanoma. In our study, further characteristic dermatoscopic fi ndings were detected in facial melanoma such as low frequencies of irregular dots, 2 or fewer colors in lesions, the presence of pseudonetwork, increased density of the vascular network, red rhomboidal structures, in addition to dermatoscopic fi ndings of extrafacial melanoma. Thus, it is concluded that the prediction and identifi cation of HNM may be evident with the help of these signsen
dc.identifier10.1089/bfm.2016.0048
dc.identifier.citationCengiz F. P. , CENGIZ A. B. , Emiroglu N., COMERT E., WELLENHOF R. H. , -Dermoscopic and clinical features of head and neck melanoma-, ANAIS BRASILEIROS DE DERMATOLOGIA, cilt.90, ss.488-493, 2015
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153341
dc.identifier.pubmed26375217
dc.identifier.scopus84943791156
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/2203
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000361544300005
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.titleDermoscopic and clinical features of head and neck melanoma
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