This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (8)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Dermatology  • Dermatologic Disorders  • Dermatologic Disorders, Other  • Alert me on articles by topic  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Accurate classification of skin tumors concerning their benign or malignant diagnosis is increasingly demanded. Typical patterns for melanocytic and nonmelanocytic lesions are well established for the clinical, and particularly for the dermoscopic (dermatoscopic, epiluminescence microscopic), examination.^1-2 The clinical diagnosis of dermatofibromas and accessory nipples (polythelia) is normally not difficult.³ Accessory nipples are more prevalent in males than in females, with the typical location between the breast and groin.³ But in some doubtful cases the additional use of dermoscopy can be helpful. On dermoscopic examination (Heine Dermatophot), dermatofibroma as a common benign tumor has the typical central white scarlike patch with a delicate pigmented network at the periphery (Figure 1).^4-5 Dermoscopy also reveals this pattern in accessory nipples (Figure 2). The delicate network at the periphery of both lesions can be explained by an epidermal hyperplasia on histopathologic examination and represents the areola of the accessory nipple. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Conventional and polarized dermoscopy features of dermatofibroma.
Agero et al.
Arch Dermatol 2006;142:1431-1437.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT