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Giorgi, Vincenzo De; Massi, Daniela; Salvini, Camilla; Mannone, Francesca; Cattaneo, Antonino; Carli, Paolo

doi:10.1001/archderm.141.8.1046

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“…To date, the dermoscopic patterns of 12 cases of vulvar melanoma have been described [15,18,24,25,26,27], which are similar to those observed in our 5 cases of melanoma. These include a multicomponent pattern composed by blue-white veil, irregular black dots, atypical network or streaks and atypical (dotted and linear-irregular) vessels.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Consensus diagnosis was considered when 2 of the 3 reviewers agreed. Each lesion was scored for global and local dermoscopic patterns using pattern analysis and site-related patterns as previously described [11,13,14,15,20,21,22]. The association between clinical variables including age of the patient, anatomical subsite of the vulva, clinical appearance, palpability, diameter and histopathological diagnosis was tested using the χ 2 test.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Up-to-date dermoscopic criteria have been formulated to improve the diagnostic accuracy for melanotic macules/melanosis of the vulva [13,14], but little is currently known about the dermoscopic features of melanocytic and other nonmelanocytic tumors of the vulva [15,16,17,18,19,20]. …”

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Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions of the Vulva: A Retrospective Morphological Study

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Background: The dermoscopic patterns of pigmented skin tumors are influenced by the body site. Objective: To evaluate the clinical and dermoscopic features associated with pigmented vulvar lesions. Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical and dermoscopic images of vulvar lesions. The χ² test was used to test the association between clinical data and histopathological diagnosis. Results: A total of 42 (32.8%) melanocytic and 86 (67.2%) nonmelanocytic vulvar lesions were analyzed. Nevi significantly prevailed in younger women compared with melanomas and melanosis and exhibited most commonly a globular/cobblestone (51.3%) and a mixed (21.6%) pattern. Dermoscopically all melanomas showed a multicomponent pattern. Melanotic macules showed clinical overlapping features with melanoma, but their dermoscopic patterns differed significantly from those observed in melanomas. Conclusion: The diagnosis and management of pigmented vulvar lesions should be based on a good clinicodermoscopic correlation. Dermoscopy may be helpful in the differentiation of solitary melanotic macules from early melanoma.

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Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions of the Vulva: A Retrospective Morphological Study

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“…Therefore, the dermoscopic features of both metastatic and primary mucosal melanoma were similar to those observed in their cutaneous counterpart [5]. In the description of De Giorgi et al [6], analogously to Stolz et al [2], early vulvar melanoma showed blue-grey areas and a whitish veil, which are parameters usually associated with thicker cutaneous melanoma. …”

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“…Nevertheless, analyses of the dermoscopic features of both benign and malignant pigmented mucosal lesions strongly suggest that this technique, due to its noninvasive nature, should also be considered as a complementary diagnostic tool for genital disorders [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. However, to date, the majority of the dermoscopic data available on pigmented vulvar lesions concern melanosis, whose clinical aspect, despite its benign behavior, can share several features with malignant melanoma.…”

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Vulvar Melanocytic Nevi: A Dermoscopic Investigation

Zampino¹,

Marzola

Corazza³

2010

Dermatology

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Background: Very few dermoscopic investigations into pigmented genital lesions have been performed to date. To the best of our knowledge, no dermoscopical description of vulvar melanocytic nevi (MN) has yet been proposed. Objective: Our aims were to analyze the dermoscopic features of vulvar MN and to review the literature of dermoscopy of the vulvar area. Methods: Among 74 women presenting 84 vulvar pigmented lesions, 10 who received a visual diagnosis of MN were submitted to dermoscopic and histopathological analysis. Results: Histology confirmed the clinical diagnosis of MN in 8 out of 10 cases, while the remaining 2 pigmented lesions were diagnosed as seborrheic keratosis. Vulvar MN were generally found to share similar dermoscopic patterns with their cutaneous equivalent. Conclusions: Although further observation will be necessary to provide additional data and establish key morphological criteria and/or algorithms useful for differentiating between melanocytic and nonmelanocytic vulvar lesions, dermoscopy should be considered an investigative tool, as clinical observation alone may not be sufficient for accurate diagnosis.

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Dermoscopy in Vulvar Basal Cell Carcinoma

Giorgi¹

2007

Arch Dermatol

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Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions of the Vulva: A Retrospective Morphological Study

Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions of the Vulva: A Retrospective Morphological Study

Vulvar Melanocytic Nevi: A Dermoscopic Investigation

Dermoscopy in Vulvar Basal Cell Carcinoma

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