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Showing posts with label multi-component pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label multi-component pattern. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Pectoral lesion


A 52-year-old man presented this pectoral lesion. No clinical history was available.


Dermoscopy revealed:

  • multiple colours
  • a multi-component pattern
  • an atypical reticular pattern
  • some pseudopods 
  • irregular blotches
  • regression areas
Pathology confirmed the diagnosis of superficial spreading melanoma.

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Pigmented breast lesion

A 28-year-old woman consulted for an enlarging pigmented lesion on her left breast.

Dermoscopy revealed:
  • a multi-colored pattern
  • a multicomponent pattern
  • asymmetry in 2 axes
  • an atypical reticular pattern
  • some atypical dots/globules
  • a scar-like depigmentation
  • a blue white veil
Pathology revealed a superficial spreading melanoma with a Breslow index at 0,5mm

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Superficial spreading melanoma


A 66-year-old man consulted for a pigmented lesion on his left scapular area.

Dermoscopy revealed a multi-component pattern, asymmetry, and multiple colours (tan, dark brown, black, blue gray, white).
Other signs were an atypical reticular pattern (irregular holes and thick lines) with a sharp demarcation, a blue-white veil and atypical vessels (irregular linear vessels), a central ulceration (crust). Dots were irregularly distributed.

All these dermoscopic signs were in favor of a superficial spreading melanoma.

Sunday, 18 November 2007

Superficial spreading melanoma

A 47-year-old woman developed an enlarging dark brown tumor on her right foot for several years. Dermoscopy revealed a multicomponent pattern with an atypical reticular network, streaks and a blue-white veil. Excision revealed a superficial spreading melanoma with a Breslow index measured at 0.7 mm and a Clark's level II.



Other cases of melanoma
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Monday, 13 August 2007

superficial spreading melanoma



This case concerned a 59-year-old patient: this pigmented lesion of his right thigh was discovered during a consultation for condylomas. The patient was not conscious of this lesion.

On dermoscopy (x 20) : Multicomponent pattern, irregular pigment network, blue white veil very irregular, irregular streaks (bottom) irregular dots and globules.




Other cases of melanoma
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007

basal cell carcinoma (pigmented)

A 30-year-old man consulted for this pigmented lesion on his back.




















On dermoscopy: multi-component pattern with blue gray globules, blue-gray ovoïd nests, leaf-like areas (upper left quadrant) and arborizing vessels