Dermoscopy of small melanomas: Just miniaturized dermoscopy?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1006-1013

  Seidenari, S ^a   Ferrari, Chiara ^a   Borsari, S ^a   Fabiano, A ^a   Bassoli, S ^a   Giusti, F ^a   Ponti, G ^a   Magnoni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84911991120     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12542     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Balch CM, Soong SJ, Gershenwald JE, et al,. Prognostic factors analysis of 17,600 melanoma patients: validation of the American Joint Committee on Cancer melanoma staging system. J Clin Oncol 2001; 19: 3622-34.
2. Bono A, Bartoli C, Moglia D, et al,. Small melanomas: a clinical study on 270 consecutive cases of cutaneous melanoma. Melanoma Res 1999; 9: 583-6.
3. Schmoeckel C,. Small malignant melanomas: clinicopathologic correlation and DNA ploidy analysis. J Am Acad Dermatol 1991; 24: 1036-7.
4. Seidenari S, Bassoli S, Borsari S, et al,. Variegated dermoscopy of in situ melanoma. Dermatology 2012; 224: 262-70.
5. Carli P, De Giorgi V, Chiarugi A, et al,. Effect of lesion size on the diagnostic performance of dermoscopy in melanoma detection. Dermatology 2003; 206: 292-6.
6. Seidenari S, Longo C, Giusti F, Pellacani G,. Clinical selection of melanocytic lesions for dermoscopy decreases the identification of suspicious lesions in comparison with dermoscopy without clinical preselection. Br J Dermatol 2006; 154: 873-9.
7. Lucas CR, Sanders LL, Murray JC, et al,. Early melanoma detection: nonuniform dermoscopic features and growth. J Am Acad Dermatol 2003; 48: 663-71.
8. Menzies SW, Invar C, Crotty KA, McCarthy WH,. Frequency and morphological characteristics of invasive melanomas lacking specific surface microscopic features. Arch Dermatol 1996; 132: 1178-82.
9. Menzies SW, Gutenev A, Avramidis M, et al,. Short-term digital surface microscopic monitoring of atypical or changing melanocytic lesions. Arch Dermatol 2001; 137: 1583-9.
10. Kittler H, Pehamberger H, Wolff K, Binder M,. Follow-up of melanocytic skin lesions with digital epiluminescence microscopy: patterns of modifications observed in early melanoma, atypical nevi, and common nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000; 43: 467-76.
11. Grana C, Pellacani G, Seidenari S,. Practical color calibration for dermoscopy, applied to a digital epiluminescence microscope. Skin Res Technol 2005; 11: 242-7.
12. Stolz W, Riemann A, Cognetta AB, et al,. ABCD rule of dermatoscopy: a new practical method for early recognition of malignant melanoma. Eur J Dermatol 1994; 4: 521-7.
13. Argenziano G, Fabbrocini G, Carli P, et al,. Epiluminescence microscopy for the diagnosis of doubtful melanocytic skin lesions. Comparison of the ABCD rule of dermatoscopy and a new 7-point checklist based on pattern analysis. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134: 1563-70.
14. Hofmann-Wellenhof R, Blum A, Wolf IH, et al,. Dermoscopic classification of Clark's nevi (atypical melanocytic nevi). Clin Dermatol 2002; 20: 255-8.
15. Seidenari S, Ferrari C, Borsari S, et al,. Reticular grey-blue areas of regression as a dermoscopic marker of melanoma in situ. Br J Dermatol 2010; 163: 302-9.
16. Borsari S, Longo C, Ferrari C, et al,. Dermoscopic island: a new descriptor for thin melanoma. Arch Dermatol 2010; 146: 1257-62.
17. Bassoli S, Ferrari C, Borsari S, et al,. Negative pigment network identifies a peculiar melanoma subtype and represents a clue to melanoma diagnosis: a dermoscopic study of 401 melanomas. Acta Derm Venereol 2013; 93: 650-5.
18. Buettner PG, Garbe C,. Agreement between self-assessment of melanocytic nevi by patients and dermatologic examination. Am J Epidemiol 2000; 151: 72-7.
19. Grichnik JM,. Melanoma, nevogenesis, and stem cell biology. J Invest Dermatol 2008; 128: 2365-80.
20. Fernandez EM, Helm KF,. The diameter of melanomas. Dermatol Surg 2004; 30: 1219-22.
21. Bono A, Bartoli C, Baldi M, et al,. Micro-melanoma detection. A clinical study on 22 cases of melanoma with a diameter equal to or less than 3 mm. Tumori 2004; 90: 128-31.
22. Helsing P, Loeb M,. Small diameter melanoma: a follow-up of the Norwegian Melanoma Project. Br J Dermatol 2004; 151: 1081-3.
23. Bono A, Tolomio E, Trincone S, et al,. Micromelanoma detection: a clinical study on 206 consecutive cases of pigmented skin lesions with a diameter ≤ 3 mm. Br J Dermatol 2006; 155: 570-3.
24. Goldsmith SM, Solomon AR,. A series of melanomas smaller than 4 mm and implications for the ABCDE rule. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2007; 21: 929-34.
25. Abbasi NR, Yancovitz M, Gutkowicz-Krusin D, et al,. Utility of lesion diameter in the clinical diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. Arch Dermatol 2008; 144: 469-74.
26. Friedman RJ, Gutkowicz-Kusin D, Farber MJ, et al,. The diagnostic performance of expert dermoscopists versus a computer-vision system on small-diameter melanomas. Arch Dermatol 2008; 144: 476-82.
27. Bono A, Tolomio E, Bartoli C, et al,. Metamorphosis of melanoma. Trends in size and thickness of cutaneous melanoma over one decade at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan. Tumori 2008; 94: 11-13.
28. Pizzichetta MA, Talamini R, Piccolo D, et al,. The ABCD rule of dermatoscopy does not apply to small melanocytic skin lesions. Arch Dermatol 2001; 137: 1376-8.
29. Kalkhoran S, Milne O, Zalaudek I, et al,. Historical, clinical, and dermoscopic characteristics of thin nodular melanoma. Arch Dermatol 2010; 146: 311-18.
30. Rosendahl C, Cameron A, Bulinska A, et al,. Dermatoscopy of a minute melanoma. Australas J Dermatol 2011; 52: 76-8.
31. De Giorgi V, Savarese I, Rossari S, et al,. Features of small melanocytic lesions: does small mean benign? A clinical-dermoscopic study. Melanoma Res 2012; 22: 252-6.
32. Carrera C, Palou J, Malvehy J, et al,. Early stages of melanoma on the limbs of high-risk patients: clinical, dermoscopic, reflectance confocal microscopy and histopathological characterization for improved recognition. Acta Derm Venereol 2011; 91: 137-46.
33. Kamino H, Kiryu H, Ratech H,. Small malignant melanomas: clinicopathologic correlation and DNA ploidy analysis. J Am Acad Dermatol 1990; 22: 1032-8.
34. Gonzalez A, West AJ, Pitha JV, Taira JW,. Small-diameter invasive melanomas: clinical and pathologic characteristics. J Cutan Pathol 1996; 23: 126-32.
35. Ferrara G, Tomasini C, Argenziano G, et al,. Small-diameter melanoma: toward a conceptual and practical reappraisal. J Cutan Pathol 2012; 39: 721-3.
36. Torres-Cabala CA, Plaza JA, Diwan AH, Prieto VG,. Severe architectural disorder is a potential pitfall in the diagnosis of small melanocytic lesions. J Cutan Pathol 2010; 37: 860-5.
37. Wallingford SC, Alston RD, Birch JM, Green AC,. Increases in invasive melanoma in England, 1979-2006, by anatomical site. Br J Dermatol 2011; 165: 859-64.
38. Khalifeh I, Taraif S, Reed JA, et al,. A subgroup of melanocytic naevi on the distal lower extremity (ankle) shares features of acral naevi, dysplastic naevi, and melanoma in situ: a potential misdiagnosis of melanoma in situ. Am J Surg Pathol 2007; 31: 1130-6.
39. Coras B, Landthaler M, Stolz W, Vogt T,. Dysplastic melanocytic nevi of the lower leg: sex- and site-specific histopathology. Am J Dermatopathol 2010; 32: 599-602.
40. Bono A, Tolomio E, Carbone A, et al,. Small nodular melanoma: the beginning of a life-threatening lesion. A clinical study on 11 cases. Tumori 2011; 97: 35-8.
41. De Giorgi V, Savarese I, Rossari S, et al,. Features of small melanocytic lesions: does small mean benign? A clinical-dermoscopic study. Melanoma Res 2012; 22: 252-6.