Leproma's dermoscopy

Miola, Anna Carolina; Bicudo, Natália Parenti; Tsutsui, Giuliane Minami; Miot, Hélio Amante

doi:10.1016/j.abd.2019.09.027

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“…LL can present with nodular lesions called hansenomas, which present on dermoscopy with a diffuse yellowish coloration, a discrete brownish halo, and, in the center of the lesion, a pearlescent cicatricial aspect surrounded by multiple heteromorphic telangiectasias. 26 , 30 This dermoscopic pattern is similar to that found in histoid leprosy lesions, 27 , 31 , 32 , 33 a rare form of lepromatous leprosy characterized by high bacillary load and by nodules and plaques on apparently normal skin ( Fig. 9 B).…”

Section: Bacterial Infectionssupporting

confidence: 77%

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Dermoscopy of skin infestations and infections (entomodermoscopy) – Part I: dermatozoonoses and bacterial infections

Bakos

Reinehr

Escobar

et al. 2021

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

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Dermoscopy is an essential in vivo diagnostic technique in the clinical evaluation of skin tumors. Currently, the same can also be said about its implications when approaching different clinical situations in Dermatology. A growing number of reports on dermatological scenarios and diseases have been published, in which dermoscopy has been of great diagnostic help. The term “entomodermoscopy” was coined to describe dermoscopic findings in skin infestations and also in dermatoses of infectious etiology. In part I of this article, the main dermoscopic descriptions of zoodermatoses and bacterial infections will be addressed. In many of them, such as scabies, pediculosis, myiasis, and tungiasis, it is possible to identify the pathogen and, consequently, attain the diagnosis more quickly and use the technique to follow-up therapeutic effectiveness. In other situations that will be described, dermoscopy can allow the observation of clinical findings with greater detail, rule out differential diagnoses, and increase the level of confidence in a clinical suspicion.

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Section: Bacterial Infectionssupporting

confidence: 77%

“… 31 On histopathology, hansenomas showed numerous macrophages and vascular ectasia, which would explain, respectively, the nodular appearance and telangiectasias on dermoscopy. 30 …”

Section: Bacterial Infectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dermoscopy of skin infestations and infections (entomodermoscopy) – Part I: dermatozoonoses and bacterial infections

Bakos

Reinehr

Escobar

et al. 2021

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

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“…also described a relative sparing of vellus hair and the presence of focal areas of hyperpigmentation along with loss of pigment network in tuberculoid and borderline lepromatous leprosy, respectively [ 14 ]. Further dermoscopic features reported by another three case series/report in lepromatous leprosy/leproma included white streaks, white scaling, and cicatricial nacreous center [ 15 – 17 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Dermoscopy of Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Skin Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Chauhan

Meena

Errichetti

2022

Dermatol Ther (Heidelb)

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Over the last three decades, the use of dermoscopy has been extended to inflammatory and infectious dermatoses. Regarding the latter, while the first applications concerned skin parasitoses, there has been a significant increase in the publication trend regarding nonparasitic dermatoses over recent years, yet data on this topic are sparse and often lack a standardized analytical approach. This systematic literature review summarizes published data on dermoscopy of bacterial, viral, and fungal dermatoses (dermoscopic findings, used setting, pathological correlation, and level of evidence of studies) and provides a homogeneous terminology of reported dermoscopic features according to a standardized methodology. A total of 152 papers addressing 43 different dermatoses and describing 184 different dermoscopic findings were included in the analysis. The majority of them displayed a level of evidence of V (107 single case reports and 40 case series), with only 5 studies showing a level of evidence of IV (case–control studies). Moreover, our analysis also underlined a high variability in the terminology used in published articles (even for the same dermatosis). Therefore, despite significant potential, future studies designed according to a systematic and standardized approach are required for a better characterization of dermoscopy of nonparasitic skin infections. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13555-022-00855-2.

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“…Leprosy is the bacterial disease with the greatest amount of data about the use of dermoscopy for diagnostic purposes, with a total of 12 published studies (1 case-control analysis, 6 case-series, and 5 single case-reports) [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Dermoscopic patterns of the entire spectrum of leprosy has been described in skin of color, with the commonest findings (reported in all subtypes) including yellow/yellowish-orange areas, paucity of appendageal structures (eccrine dots and hairs), and vessels (mainly linear vessels with branches) [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Additionally, Ankad et al found white structureless areas to be another frequent feature in borderline tuberculoid leprosy in a cohort of 12 patients [11].…”

Section: Leprosymentioning

confidence: 99%

Dermoscopy of Infectious Dermatoses (Infectiouscopy) in Skin of Color—A Systematic Review by the International Dermoscopy Society “Imaging in Skin of Color” Task Force

Chauhan,

Behera,

Ding

et al. 2023

Dermatol Pract Concept

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Dermoscopy has been showed to facilitate the non-invasive recognition of several infectious disorders (infectiouscopy) thanks to the detection of peculiar clues. Although most of the knowledge on this topic comes from studies involving light-skinned patients, there is growing evidence about its use also in dark phototypes. This systematic literature review summarizes published data on dermoscopy of parasitic, bacterial, viral and fungal dermatoses (dermoscopic findings, used setting, pathological correlation, and level of evidence of studies) and provides a homogeneous terminology of reported dermoscopic features according to a standardized methodology. A total of 66 papers addressing 41 different dermatoses (14 bacterial, 5 viral, 11 fungal infections, and 11 parasitoses/bites and stings) and involving a total of 1096 instances were included in the analysis. The majority of them displayed a level of evidence of V (44 single case reports and 21 case series), with only 1 study showing a level of evidence of IV (case-control analysis). Moreover, our analysis also highlighted a high variability in the terminology used in the retrieved studies. Thus, although promising, further studies designed according to a systematic and standardized approach are needed for better characterization of dermoscopy of infectious skin infections.

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Leproma's dermoscopy

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Dermoscopy of skin infestations and infections (entomodermoscopy) – Part I: dermatozoonoses and bacterial infections

Dermoscopy of skin infestations and infections (entomodermoscopy) – Part I: dermatozoonoses and bacterial infections

Dermoscopy of Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Skin Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Dermoscopy of Infectious Dermatoses (Infectiouscopy) in Skin of Color—A Systematic Review by the International Dermoscopy Society “Imaging in Skin of Color” Task Force

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