Frequency and Clinical and Dermatoscopic Features of Volar and Ungual Pigmented Melanocytic Lesions: A Study in Schoolchildren of Manizales, Colombia
| Autor: | Jessica Vallejo-Contreras, Felipe Jaramillo-Ayerbe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Skin Neoplasms Adolescent Hand Dermatoses Dermatology Colombia Acral lentiginous melanoma medicine Humans Nevus Child Students skin and connective tissue diseases Melanoma Lentigo Pigmentation disorder Foot Dermatoses Nevus Pigmented Dermatoscopy integumentary system medicine.diagnostic_test Ungual business.industry Incidence medicine.disease Hyperpigmentation Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Dermatology. 21:218-222 |
| ISSN: | 1525-1470 0736-8046 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21305.x |
| Popis: | In Latin American populations, acral lentiginous melanoma is the prevailing type of melanoma. Its relationship to preexistent benign volar melanocytic lesions has not been established; however, it is common practice to remove these lesions from children in spite of the fact that childhood acral lentiginous melanoma is extremely rare. To determine the frequency and the clinical and dermatoscopic characteristics of acrally located pigmented melanocytic lesions in schoolchildren of Manizales, Colombia, we undertook an exploratory, descriptive study of 1106 schoolchildren in search of pigmented volar and ungual lesions. In the study group there were 680 males and 426 females, ranging in age from 6 to 23 years (median age 13 years). At least one acral pigmented lesion was found in 464 individuals (42%). Their distribution over the volar surface was rather regular. Increasing age and darkness of the skin correlated with an increased number of lesions. Dermatoscopic patterns were consistent and suggestive of union nevus and simple lentigo as the predominant types of melanocytic proliferation. Typical pigmented melanocytic volar skin lesions are very common in our schoolchildren. Removal of these lesions is not routinely recommended since a relationship with acral lentiginous melanoma has not been established. |
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