Pyogenic granuloma and nodular Kaposi’s sarcoma: dermoscopic clues for the differential diagnosis | Zendy

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Pyogenic granuloma and nodular Kaposi’s sarcoma: dermoscopic clues for the differential diagnosis

Author(s) -

Ömer Faruk Elmas,

Necmettın Akdeniz,

Emine Müge Acar,

Asuman Kilitçi

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

turkish journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1303-6165

pISSN - 1300-0144

DOI - 10.3906/sag-1902-60

Subject(s) - pyogenic granuloma , medicine , differential diagnosis , sarcoma , pathology , dermatology , dermatoscopy , melanoma , lesion , cancer research

Pyogenic granuloma (PG)-like nodular Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) has been previously demonstrated in several studies. However, to the best of our knowledge, no original study investigating the dermoscopic differential diagnosis of PG and KS exists in the relevant literature. In this study we aimed to identify dermoscopic findings providing useful clues to differential diagnosis between the two entities.

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