Unusual dermoscopic patterns of basal cell carcinoma mimicking melanoma.
Eleonora Di MatteoRiccardo PampenaMaria A PizzichettaElisa CinottiJohanna Mary ChesterShaniko KaleciMarco ManfrediniStefania GuidaEmi DikaElvira MoscarellaAimilios LallasZoe ApallaGiuseppe ArgenzianoJean Luc PerrotLinda TognettiMichela LaiCarmen CantisaniVincenzo RobertiDiletta FioraniCarlotta BaraldiLeonardo VenezianoChryssoula PapageorgiouSilvana CiardoPietro RubegniIris ZalaudekAnnalisa PatriziCaterina LongoLuca BianchiGiovanni PellacaniFrancesca FarnetaniPublished in: Experimental dermatology (2022)
These findings support the notion that atypical vascular pattern should be considered a shared feature of both melanoma and atypical basal cell carcinoma. Our proposed score improves diagnostic accuracy and confidence. Absence of pigmented features was associated with lower diagnostic accuracy and confidence.