Dermoscopy of arteriovenous tumour: A morphological study of 39 cases

Abstract

Dermoscopy is helpful in improving the diagnosis of arteriovenous tumours and allows the observer to differentiate them from other cutaneous lesions such as other vascular tumours, basal cell carcinomas and melanomas.

A new clinical and dermoscopic monitoring of infantile hemangiomas treated with oral propranolol

“…Similar results were highlighted in a meta-analysis of 1264 patients, with 96% to 98% responses after 6 months of therapy. 42 The diagnosis of IHs is usually clinical, but in the last decades dermoscopy proved to be helpful both in the differential diagnosis of other vascular malformations 28,29,[44][45][46] and in the recognition of IHs precursors (anemic/teleangectasic), 33,48 taking the criteria of capillary (ie, cherry angioma)/lobular capillary (pyogenic granuloma)/glomeruloid hemangioma of the adults as reference 30,43 (eg, "lacunar pattern" of well-circumscribed red to bluish lacunae corresponding to dilated blood vessels in histopathology). Indeed, the dermoscopic recognition of vascular structure and dermal location could be used to differentiate a deep hemangioma from a mucoid or dermoid cyst, a mixed hemangioma from a port-wine stain and a superficial hemangioma from pyogenic granuloma, venous-capillary malformation or tufted angioma.…”

“…25 Detailed ultrasound monitoring is limited to case series reports, and generally to centers where high-frequency ultrasound probes are easily accessible. [23][24][25] Dermoscopy is a noninvasive diagnostic technique diffuse worldwide for skin lesion examination, 26 with well described criteria for vascular lesion [27][28][29] and/or recognition of specific vascular structures. 30,31 However, only few dermoscopic descriptions are available for nonproliferative IHs, 32,33 and only one experience of dermoscopic monitoring of IH treated with topical timolol or OP has been reported and it failed to identify significant changes besides the dissolution of diffuse light erythema and increase of milky-red area.…”

Dermoscopy of arteriovenous hemangioma

“…Previously, the most common dermoscopic feature of arteriovenous hemangioma was found to be non-arborizing telangiectasia on a reddish background. 1 Therefore, dermoscopy may be a valuable tool for the preoperative diagnosis of this vascular malformation.…”

A nodule on the breast: what’s your diagnosis?

“…Thus, diagnosis is most of the time challenging. Dermoscopy of common DF have been widely described as a typical pattern with a central white scar-like patch and a delicate pigment network at the periphery [6]. Remarkably, there are very few reports describing dermoscopically the aneurysmal variant of DF.…”