Pagliarello C, Peccerillo F, Zucchi A, Tortorella RG, Ricci R, Stanganelli I, Feliciani C, Di Nuzzo S. Lesion presenting with a “blue amber” pattern. World J Clin Cases 2016; 4(10): 333-335 [PMID: 27803916 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v4.i10.333]
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Calogero Pagliarello, MD, Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. calogero.pagliarello@libero.it
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World J Clin Cases. Oct 16, 2016; 4(10): 333-335 Published online Oct 16, 2016. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v4.i10.333
Lesion presenting with a “blue amber” pattern
Calogero Pagliarello, Francesca Peccerillo, Alfredo Zucchi, Rocco Giuseppe Tortorella, Roberto Ricci, Ignazio Stanganelli, Claudio Feliciani, Sergio Di Nuzzo
Calogero Pagliarello, Francesca Peccerillo, Alfredo Zucchi, Rocco Giuseppe Tortorella, Roberto Ricci, Ignazio Stanganelli, Claudio Feliciani, Sergio Di Nuzzo, Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
Ignazio Stanganelli, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, 47014 Meldola, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
Author contributions: Pagliarello C and Peccerillo F contributed equally to this work; Pagliarello C and Peccerillo F designed the report; Zucchi A and Tortorella RG excised the lesion; Ricci R collected the patient’s clinical data; Stanganelli I, Feliciani C and Di Nuzzo S critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; Pagliarello C and Peccerillo F analysed the data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at the University of Parma, Italy.
Informed consent statement: The patient involved in this case gave her written informed consent authorising use and disclosure of her protected health information.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors has any conflict of interest to declare.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Calogero Pagliarello, MD, Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. calogero.pagliarello@libero.it
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Received: February 27, 2016 Peer-review started: February 27, 2016 First decision: March 24, 2016 Revised: August 2, 2016 Accepted: August 17, 2016 Article in press: August 18, 2016 Published online: October 16, 2016
Abstract
Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) is a spindle cell neoplasm with low metastatic potential but high tendency to recur after surgery. Because of the rarity of this lesion and its aspecific clinical features, AFX could be easily misdiagnosed and undertreated by many clinicians who encounter them. Dermoscopy represents a valuable tool for easily assessing skin lesions, even though histological examination is required for final diagnosis. We report a case of a cheek lesion with dermoscopic “blue amber pattern”, easily recognisable and not observed in others skin tumours, which could represent an additional feature useful in differentiating this tumour from other skin neoplasms.
Core tip: Until recent years there has been little published literature about the dermatoscopy of atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX). A case of AFX is presented. Dermatoscopy could be helpful in avoiding a misdiagnosis and undertreatment of this tumour.
