Dermoscopy in albinism
Albinos are at great risk for developing cutaneous malignancy. We report a 33-year-old patient of occulocutaneous albinism who presented with multiple actinic keratoses and basal-cell carcinoma. This report highlights the increase in vascular structures seen on dermoscopy as a clue toward malignant...
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2024-05-01
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| description | Albinos are at great risk for developing cutaneous malignancy. We report a 33-year-old patient of occulocutaneous albinism who presented with multiple actinic keratoses and basal-cell carcinoma. This report highlights the increase in vascular structures seen on dermoscopy as a clue toward malignant transformation. We hereby emphasize the role of dermoscopy for monitoring and screening of skin tumors in albinism and other genodermatosis prone to skin tumors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ab9b994442c443b2803f4b71ff32fe1a2025-08-20T02:57:04ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsPigment International2349-58472024-05-0111211111410.4103/pigmentinternational_5_21Dermoscopy in albinismMayuri KalantriUday KhopkarPrachi GoleAlbinos are at great risk for developing cutaneous malignancy. We report a 33-year-old patient of occulocutaneous albinism who presented with multiple actinic keratoses and basal-cell carcinoma. This report highlights the increase in vascular structures seen on dermoscopy as a clue toward malignant transformation. We hereby emphasize the role of dermoscopy for monitoring and screening of skin tumors in albinism and other genodermatosis prone to skin tumors.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/pigmentinternational_5_21actinic keratosisalbinismbasal-cell carcinomadermoscopy |
| spellingShingle | Mayuri Kalantri Uday Khopkar Prachi Gole Dermoscopy in albinism Pigment International actinic keratosis albinism basal-cell carcinoma dermoscopy |
| title | Dermoscopy in albinism |
| title_full | Dermoscopy in albinism |
| title_fullStr | Dermoscopy in albinism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dermoscopy in albinism |
| title_short | Dermoscopy in albinism |
| title_sort | dermoscopy in albinism |
| topic | actinic keratosis albinism basal-cell carcinoma dermoscopy |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/pigmentinternational_5_21 |
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