Hypomelanotic melanoma detected by the “little red riding hood sign” in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 | Zendy

Roberta Giuffrida | Zendy; Maximilian Uranitsch | Zendy; Karin SchmidZalaudek | Zendy; Teresa Deinlein | Zendy; Fabrizio Favero | Zendy; Iris Zalaudek | Zendy

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Hypomelanotic melanoma detected by the “little red riding hood sign” in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Author(s) -

Roberta Giuffrida,

Maximilian Uranitsch,

Karin SchmidZalaudek,

Teresa Deinlein,

Fabrizio Favero,

Iris Zalaudek

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

dermatology practical and conceptual

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2160-9381

DOI - 10.5826/dpc.0704a14

Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , melanoma , dermatology , malignancy , neurofibromatosis type i , sign (mathematics) , pathology , cancer research , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disorder commonly associated with an increased risk for development of malignancy, including skin cancers. Herein we describe a case of invasive melanoma occurring in a patient with NF1 and discuss the association between these two diseases, highlighting the importance of comparative clinical and dermoscopic approaches in this category of patients in which the detection of melanoma can be difficult because of the presence of multiple skin tumors.

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