TY - JOUR
AU - Longo, C.
AB - Research Letter Uncovering the diagnostic dermoscopic melanomas (36 in situ melanoma and 35 < 1 mm Breslow), features of flat melanomas located on the 89 common naevi and 65 Spitz naevi. lower limbs Clinically, melanomas on the lower limbs showed the presence of the ugly duckling sign (P = 0
040) as evaluated from the DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16030 entire clinical picture, compared with nonmelanomas at the same site. Dermoscopically, the most frequently observed features of DEAR EDITOR, Lower limbs represent the second most common melanomas on the lower limbs were the presence of wider skin 1,2 site of all melanomas and the first for women. Few studies marking patterns (P < 0
001), polygons/angulated lines have explored the diagnostic clues that may help in early diag- (P < 0
001) and blue regression (P = 0
004) (further details nosis of these melanomas. In this study we aimed to identify available from the authors on request). The kappa-value for the the specific clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of melano- ‘wider skin markings’, obtained by the evaluation performed by mas located on the lower limbs and to compare these with two different experts (S.B. and G.B.), was 0
744 (P < 0
001). those of melanomas on the 
TI - Uncovering the diagnostic dermoscopic features of flat melanomas located on the lower limbs
JF - British Journal of Dermatology
DO - 10.1111/bjd.16030
DA - 2018-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/uncovering-the-diagnostic-dermoscopic-features-of-flat-melanomas-83DSK8tm6c
SP - e217
EP - e218
VL - 178
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -