The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose

There have been limited reports describing reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) features of Bowen's disease (BD). Herein, we describe the RCM features of a pigmented BD with atypical dermoscopic features, mimicking a melanoma. This case highlights the importance of RCM in a challenging BD....

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Autores principales: Isil Karaarslan, Sibel Tepret, Seda Yildiz, Banu Yaman, Fezal Ozdemir
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:68e94a516d444f529715f5edc21519bf2021-11-17T08:30:24ZThe role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose2160-9381https://doaj.org/article/68e94a516d444f529715f5edc21519bf2018-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/344https://doaj.org/toc/2160-9381 There have been limited reports describing reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) features of Bowen's disease (BD). Herein, we describe the RCM features of a pigmented BD with atypical dermoscopic features, mimicking a melanoma. This case highlights the importance of RCM in a challenging BD. Bowen’s disease (BD) is an in situ variant of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The pigmented variant is an important entity in the clinical differential diagnosis of pigmented melanocytic lesions. In most cases of pigmented BD, it is possible to have an accurate preoperative diagnosis with the typical dermoscopic features. Rarely, there may be challenging cases hard to diagnose even with dermoscopic aid [1-3]. In such lesions, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) may play an important role as an additional in vivo diagnostic technique [4]. The RCM features of pigmented BD are scarcely in the literature [4-7]. Herein, we report on a case of pigmented BD with atypical clinical and dermoscopic features that mimics a melanoma and describe its RCM features. Isil KaraarslanSibel TepretSeda YildizBanu YamanFezal OzdemirMattioli1885articleBowen's Diseasereflectance confocal microscopymelanomaDermatologyRL1-803ENDermatology Practical & Conceptual, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Bowen's Disease
reflectance confocal microscopy
melanoma
Dermatology
RL1-803
spellingShingle Bowen's Disease
reflectance confocal microscopy
melanoma
Dermatology
RL1-803
Isil Karaarslan
Sibel Tepret
Seda Yildiz
Banu Yaman
Fezal Ozdemir
The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose
description There have been limited reports describing reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) features of Bowen's disease (BD). Herein, we describe the RCM features of a pigmented BD with atypical dermoscopic features, mimicking a melanoma. This case highlights the importance of RCM in a challenging BD. Bowen’s disease (BD) is an in situ variant of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The pigmented variant is an important entity in the clinical differential diagnosis of pigmented melanocytic lesions. In most cases of pigmented BD, it is possible to have an accurate preoperative diagnosis with the typical dermoscopic features. Rarely, there may be challenging cases hard to diagnose even with dermoscopic aid [1-3]. In such lesions, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) may play an important role as an additional in vivo diagnostic technique [4]. The RCM features of pigmented BD are scarcely in the literature [4-7]. Herein, we report on a case of pigmented BD with atypical clinical and dermoscopic features that mimics a melanoma and describe its RCM features.
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author Isil Karaarslan
Sibel Tepret
Seda Yildiz
Banu Yaman
Fezal Ozdemir
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Sibel Tepret
Seda Yildiz
Banu Yaman
Fezal Ozdemir
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title The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose
title_short The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose
title_full The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose
title_fullStr The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose
title_full_unstemmed The role of reflectance confocal microscopy in a case of Bowen’s disease difficult to diagnose
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