Dermoscopic diagnosis of epidermal cyst
| dc.contributor.author | Elmas, Omer Faruk | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-01T15:09:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-01T15:09:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.department | İnönü Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim: The clinical features of epidermal cyst (EC) are well known, however, dermoscopic aspect of the entity has rarely been a subject of investigation. Here we aimed to identify the dermoscopic findings of EC which may increase the accuracy of diagnosis before surgical interventions. Material and Methods: The study included the patients diagnosed with EC those who applied to outpatient dermatology clinic of a tertiary center. Age and gender of the patients, disease durations, symptoms, site and size of the lesions, dermoscopic and histopathological findings were retrospectively reviewed. Results: A total of 24 lesions from 24 patients were enrolled in the study. The most common dermoscopic finding was white structureless background (96%) followed by punctum/pore sign (75%), widely distributed/branched irregular linear vessels (71%), blue-white structureless color (46%), mobility sign (41%), peripheral thick branched vessel (33%) and polychromatic structures (4%).Conclusion: We describe two novel dermoscopic features which were not described previously for EC: Mobility sign and polychromatic structures. Along with the previous studies, our study revealed that EC has a peculiar dermoscopic pattern. Dermoscopic examination may increase diagnostic accuracy before surgery making possible a management with minimal invasive procedures.Keywords: Dermatoscopy; dermoscop; epidermal cyst. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Faruk Elmas, O. (2021). Dermoscopic diagnosis of epidermal cyst . Annals of Medical Research, | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11616/54156 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Annals of Medical Research | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.title | Dermoscopic diagnosis of epidermal cyst | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
