Amanda Regio Pereira, Sergio Hirata, Paweł Pietkiewicz, Scott W Menzies, Gabriella Brancaccio, Helena Collgros, Giuseppe Argenziano, Serigne N Lo, Tasnia Ahmed, Riccardo Pampena, Caterina Longo, Pascale Guitera
INTRODUCTION: Although the dermoscopic features of facial lentiginous melanomas (LM), including lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma, have been extensively studied, the literature about those located on the scalp is scarce. This study aims to describe the dermoscopic features of scalp LM and assess the diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy to discriminate them from equivocal benign pigmented macules. METHODS: Consecutive cases of scalp LM and histopathology-proven benign but clinically equivocal pigmented macules (actinic keratoses, solar lentigos, seborrheic keratoses and lichen planus-like keratoses) from four referral centres were included...
November 30, 2023: Dermatology: International Journal for Clinical and Investigative Dermatology