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A Case of Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Possible Dermoscopic Pitfall - Case Report
Işıl Kılınç Karaarslan , Meltem Türkmen, Figen Yazkan, Taner Akalın, Fezal Özdemir
Summary
A 67-year-old male patient was referred to our Dermoscopy Unit with a history of approximately 3 years of a brown papular lesion in the frontal region measuring 0.7x0.6 cm. On dermoscopy, it was difficult to distinguish maple leaf-like bulbous extensions from pseudopods, because they were not separate from the adjacent homogenous pigmented area. Since there were no other suggestive dermoscopic features of basal cell carcinoma, a differential diagnosis between pigmented Spitz nevi and melanoma could not be made. This case, in which the histopatological examination was the gold standard in the diagnosis, is presented as a possible dermoscopic pitfall. (Turkish Journal of Dermatology 2007; 1: 24-6)
Key words: Basal cell carcinoma, Spitz nevi, melanoma, dermoscopy
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