Problems of clinical and morphologic diagnosis of orolabial melanosis in children

Autor: A. V. Michenko, Ya. V. Vishnevskaya, T. T. Valiev, S. N. Mikhailova, I. S. Kletskaya, A. S. Volkova, T. S. Belysheva, S. R. Varfolomeeva
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 8:116-122
ISSN: 2413-5496
2311-1267
Popis: Pigmented neoplasms of the skin and mucous membranes are a heterogeneous group of benign and malignant neoplasms, some of which are extremely rare in the practice of pediatric oncologist. Orolabial melanosis refers to a benign pigmented pathology of the skin and mucous membranes, requires differential diagnosis with ephelids, melanoma, and when localized on the tongue – with pigmented fungiform papillae of the tongue.This article presents a clinical case of orolabial melanosis with localization on the tongue in a 9-year-old child that was not previously described in the domestic literature. The clinical, dermatoscopic, immuno-morphological and differential diagnostic features of this pathology are described in detail.
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