BACKGROUND: Yellowish structures in dermoscopy comprise milia-like cysts (MLCs) and yellow lobular-like structures. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at establishing the frequency of these features in BCC and at describing their dermoscopic details. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of digital dermoscopic images referring to 400 BCCs was performed. Images were evaluated for the presence of starry and cloudy MLCs and yellow lobular-like structures. RESULTS: Among the 400 BCCs constituting our database, 40 presented yellowish structures (10%). "Yellow" BCCs were located more frequently on the head and were mainly of the nodular type. MLCs were observed in 7.75% of the cases (with a mean number of 4.9 MLCs per lesion), whereas yellow globules were noticed in 4.2% /ucodep of the lesions. CONCLUSION: In the presence of BCC specific dermoscopic criteria, the observation of MLCs and yellow lobular-like structures should not prompt the dermatologist to exclude the diagnosis of BCC

Dermoscopic yellow structures in basal cell carcinoma / Bellucci, Claudia; Arginelli, Federica; Bassoli, Sara; Magnoni, Cristina; Seidenari, Stefania. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 0926-9959. - 28:5(2014), pp. 651-654. [10.1111/jdv.12092]

Dermoscopic yellow structures in basal cell carcinoma

BELLUCCI, CLAUDIA;ARGINELLI, Federica;BASSOLI, Sara;MAGNONI, Cristina;SEIDENARI, Stefania
2014

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Yellowish structures in dermoscopy comprise milia-like cysts (MLCs) and yellow lobular-like structures. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at establishing the frequency of these features in BCC and at describing their dermoscopic details. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of digital dermoscopic images referring to 400 BCCs was performed. Images were evaluated for the presence of starry and cloudy MLCs and yellow lobular-like structures. RESULTS: Among the 400 BCCs constituting our database, 40 presented yellowish structures (10%). "Yellow" BCCs were located more frequently on the head and were mainly of the nodular type. MLCs were observed in 7.75% of the cases (with a mean number of 4.9 MLCs per lesion), whereas yellow globules were noticed in 4.2% /ucodep of the lesions. CONCLUSION: In the presence of BCC specific dermoscopic criteria, the observation of MLCs and yellow lobular-like structures should not prompt the dermatologist to exclude the diagnosis of BCC
2014
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5
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654
Dermoscopic yellow structures in basal cell carcinoma / Bellucci, Claudia; Arginelli, Federica; Bassoli, Sara; Magnoni, Cristina; Seidenari, Stefania. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 0926-9959. - 28:5(2014), pp. 651-654. [10.1111/jdv.12092]
Bellucci, Claudia; Arginelli, Federica; Bassoli, Sara; Magnoni, Cristina; Seidenari, Stefania
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