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Pigmented nodular Basal cell carcinomas in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas: confocal microscopy as a reliable tool for in vivo histologic diagnosis.

Casari A, Pellacani G, Seidenari S, Cesinaro AM, Beretti F, Pepe P, Longo C.; J Skin Cancer. 2011;2011:406859.DOI: 10.1155/2011/406859

ABSTRACT

Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution. Here, we present four cases of challenging nodular lesions where confocal microscopy was able to clarify the diagnosis.

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