PIGMENTED BOWEN’S DISEASE MIMICKING MELANOMA CLINICALLY AND DERMOSCOPICALLY

• Autor(a) principal: Paiva Parisio, Virgínia
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Holanda Barroso, Daniel, Toscano, Larissa Gondim Paulo Neto, Zoby, Camila Pinon de Medeiros, Alencar, Eliane Ruth Barbosa, Cavalcanti, Silvana Maria De Morais
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.72.1.231
• topic: Bowen’s disease; Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Skin Neoplasms; Dermoscopia; Doença de Bowen; Melanoma; Neoplasias da pele

A variety of cutaneous lesions can mimic melanoma, such as melanocytic nevi, lentigines, seborrheic keratosis, blue nevi, pigmented basal cell carcinomas and dermatofibromas. This report describes a rare clinical case of a female patient who presented a lesion on the left thigh, which was clinically and dermoscopically compatible with melanoma. The patient underwent excision of the lesion, and histopathology confirmed a diagnosis of pigmented Bowen’s disease. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to the fact that pigmented Bowen’s disease, a rare form of squamous cell carcinoma in situ, should also be considered as a differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma.