Case Report
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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.
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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
Core Tip

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.