Nonmelanocytic lesions Flashcards
MC type of skin cancer?
BCC
Two main dermoscopic categories of BCC
Pigmented
&
Nonpigmented BCC
Criteria for pigmented BCC apply only when there is…?
Absence of pigment network
&
streaks(pseudopods)
(bcz presence of these structures are seen in melanocytic lesions)
Dermoscopic structures of pBCC
- Large blue-gray ovoid nests
- Arborizing telangiectasie
- Multiple blue-gray globules
- Ulceration
- Leaf-like structures
- Spoke-wheel-like structures
Only if absence of pigment network and streaks
Name 2 dermoscopic findings of pBCC that have 100% specificity
- Leaf-like structures
- Spoke-wheel-like structures
Sensitivity & Specificity of Dermoscopic Structures for pBCC
Difference of blue-gray ovoid nests vs globules
Nests > globules
Nests > globules > dots
Leaf-like structures can be sometimes mistaken for…?
Streaks
( seen in melanocytic lesions)
Features of leaf-like structures
- Leaf-like structures:
- Fuzzy
- May radiate towards tumor mass
- Tend to converge in focal area towards the periphery creating leaf-like structures
- Central part of lesion often HYPOPIGMENTED/white/ structureless
Features of streaks( melanoma/CMN/Spitz)
- Streaks:
- Sharper in focus
- Always radiate away from tumor mass
- Tend to converge towards the geometric center of the lesion
- center of lesion usually pigmented, HYPERPIGMENTED, has a blue-white veil
Leaf-like structures vs streaks (table)
Globules seen in BCC vs melanoma/cmn/Spitz
Arborizing telangiectasia features
- multiple branching blood vessels in a tree-like pattern
- often seen in non-pigmented BCC
- rarely seen in nevi/other benign pigmented lesions
Ulceration is a valid BCC feature only if…?
Rule out a prior Hx of trauma
Non-classic BCC dermoscopic features
- Short-fine telangiectasias
- Multiple small,shallow erosions +/- crust
- Concentric structures/globules (variant of spoke-wheel)
- Multiple in-focus brown to blue-gray dots
- Shiny white areas/ chrysaline structures (PD only)
Seen both in PD & NPD
Non-pigmented BCC dermoscopic features
(other than arborizing vessels, ulceration)
- Scattered vascular global pattern
- Shiny white to red structureless and milky pink areas
- Small fine telangiectasia ( aka arborizing microvessels)
- Corkscrew vessels
Name two main dermoscopic findings of superficial BCCs
- Scattered vascular global pattern (97%)
- Shiny white to red structureless & milky pink areas
Small fine telangiectasia
vs
large arborizing vessels
seen in…?
superficial
vs
invasive BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
No pigment network
large blue-gray ovoid nests
multiple blue-gray globules
pBCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
multiple blue-gray non-aggregated globules
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
Multiple leaf-like structures
No pigment network
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
Multiple leaf-like structures
Spoke-wheel-like structures
pBCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
Spoke-wheel-like areas
pBCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
leaf-like areas
blue-gray globules
brownish concentric globules
shallow ulcerations with an orange hue
superficial BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
Arborizing telangiectasia
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
Arborizing telangiectasia
non-pigmented BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
multiple shallow serous crusted ulcerations
leaf-like structures
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
multiple brown dots
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in these lesions
Dx?
a) multiple erosions
b) crystalline structures/ white shiny areas
c) vascular blush (commonly seen in malignancies)
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
large diameter arborizing blood vessels
shiny white areas
nodular non-pigmented BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
shiny white chrysalis-like structures
pink blush
scattered global vascular pattern
BCC
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
shiny white areas / milky pink areas
Shallow ulcerations
small fine telangiectasias
superficial nonpigmented BCC
NPD image of BCC
Dull white structureless area in the center
PD image of the same lesion
reveals shiny white and pink areas
chrysalis-like structures
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
tortuous corkscrew blood vessels
BCC
Spectrum of premalignant & malignant keratizing tumors comprises…?
- Actinic keratosis (AK)
- Bowen’s disease (BD)
- Keratoacanthoma (KA)
- Squamous cell carcinoma ( SCC)
Spectrum of keratinocyte dysplasia
Main benefit from the development of PD
Better examination of the cutaneous vascular architecture
- has eliminated the effect of pressure-induced compression of blood vessels
Dx of nonpigmented skin lesions is based on..?
- Clinical assessment (texture, firmness)
- Vascular morphology
- Architectural arrangement & distribution of vessels
- Assessment of additional criteria
Name the dermatoscopic criteria of nonpigmented AK
- Strawberry pattern:
- Pink-to-red pseudonetwork, sparing hair follicles
- White-to-yellow surface scale
- Straight or coiled perifollicular vessels
- Hair follicle openings filled with keratotic plug
- Rosette sign
Rosette sign is seen mainly in…, Interpretation…?
Seen in AK
Optical effect of polarized light interacting with follicular openings that contain orthokeratosis and parakeratosis
Rosette sign, DDx
AK
Actinic damaged skin
BCC
Melanoma
SCC
Major DDx of pigmented AK?
Lentigo Maligna (LM)
Dermoscopic findings of pigmented AK
- Asymmetric pigmented follicular openings
- Annular-granular pattern
- Rhomboidal structures
- Pseudonetwork located btw keratin-filled ostial openings
How to clinically(not dermoscopically) differentiate a pigmented AK from LM?
pAK => rough texture
vs
LM => smooth texture
How to dermoscopically differentiate pAK from LM?
- pAK: Pseudonetwork
vs
- LM: Isobar sign ( darker dots located within ostial openings)
If DDx btw pAK & LM is not possible, where to perform biopsy?
- annular–granular structures
- asymmetric follicular openings
- dots within the ostial openings
- rhomboidal structures
These structures may provide the pathologist with the most diagnostically relevant tissue to examine
BD represents …?
SCC in situ of the skin
aka intraepidermal carcinoma
Dermoscopic findings in nonpigmented BD
- Surface scale
- Glomerular (coiled) vessels
If these 2 signs are seen simultaneously =>
98% diagnostic probability of BD
Limitations of glomerular vessels visualization are due to?
These vessels often appear as…?
- Small size
- Lack of contrast
- Camera resolution
vs
– Globular structures or doted vessels
How to differentiate BD from other skin entities as spitzoid neoplasms?
Based on vascular morphology:
- BD: focal, clustered, asymmetric distribution of the vessels
vs
- Spitzoid neoplasms: Symmetric distribution
Dermoscopic features of pigmented Bowen disease (pBD)
- brown/grey dots (strong clue when arranged as linear radial lines at the periphery of the lesion)
- pink or skin colored eccentric structureless areas
- glomerular (coiled) vessels, arranged randomly, as clusters, or in radial lines
Dermoscopic DDx btw pBD & melanoma
- pBD:
- brown/grey dots arranged in linear radial lines at the periphery
- focal glomerular (coiled) vessels
vs
- Melanoma:
- brown/grey dots with NO pattern
- Dotted or polymorphous vessels
Define bowenoid AK
AK that nearly full thickness dysplasia of keratinocytes histologically
Bowenoid AK
vs
BD
dermoscopically
Both have glomerular vessels
- BoAK: regularly distributed
vs
- Classic BD: focal clusters
Clinical features of KA
- Well-differentiated variant of SCC
- Initial rapid growth followed by spontaneous involution over a period of a few months
Dermoscopic findings of KA
- Central yellowish to brownish structureless mass of keratin
- Elongated telangiectasias
- Hairpin or serpentine vessel morphology
- Pearl-like structures surrounded by white circle
Dermoscopic findings of invasive SCC
- Central mass of keratin
- Ulceration
- Hairpin vessels, linear-irregular vessels
- Targetoid hair follicles over a white structureless area
If SCC arises in ass/w AK => strawberry pattern, adjacent & contiguous with the SCC
Dermoscopic findings of invasive pSCC (rare)
DDx?
- diffuse, homogeneous blue pigmentation
- distinct, irregularly distributed, blue-gray granular structures
- NO vessels are visible due to pigmentation
- DDX: pBCC, Melanoma
Definitions of the different morphologic types of vessels ass/w keratinizing tumors
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
- Strawberry pattern:
- Background erythema
- Small keratin filled follicular ostia
- Coiled perifollicular vessels (inset on the right)
Nonpigmented facial AK
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
- Red pseudonetwork
- Keratin-filled hair follicles ostia
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
Hyperkeratosis
AK not located on the face ( often present with nonspecific features)
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Superficial pseudonetwork
- Thickened brown short lines btw keratin-filled hair follicles of irregular size
Facial pAK
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in these lesions
A & B (different !!)
Dx?
Both tumors show multiple small gray dots (annular–granular pattern)
- A) facial pAK, hair follicle openings of the actinic keratosis lack the central black dot
- B) LM: hair follicle openings of the actinic keratosis with the central black dot (isobar sign!!!)
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Glomerular (coiled) vessels
- surface scale
BD
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Glomerular vessels
- Surface scale
BD
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Glomerular vessels arranged in focal structures
- Surface scale
BD
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in these lesions
A & B (different!!)
Dx?
- A) Spitz nevus:
- Negative network (reticular depigmentation)
- Chrysalis lines
- Dotted vessels, HOMOGENEOUSLY distributed
- B) BD:
- Surface scale
- Dotted vessels, focal, clustered
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Clustered glomerular (coiled) vessels
- Small brown globules & dots at the periphery arranged in a radial (linear) configuration
- Homogenous light brown background
Partially pBD
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Brown dots arranged in radial lines
- eccentric pink structureless zone
- Monomorphic glomerular (coiled) vessels(!!!)
pBD
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
- Glomerular (coiled) vessels of irregular size that are UNIFORMLY distributed(!!!)
Bowenoid AK
Describe the major dermoscopic finding in this lesion
Dx?
- Central crust
- Large linear irregular vessels, aka serpentine branched
- Hairpin, aka looped, vessels (square) on a white background
KA
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in these lesions(same Dx)
- Central keratin crust surrounded by linear vessels
- Looped & serpentine vessels, dotted (red dots) or glomerular (coiled) vessels (D)
- Keratin pearl-like structures and white circles (B)
KA
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Hairpin or looped vessels (arrows)
- Glomerular or coiled vessels (circle)
- White-to-yellow structure- less background
Poorly differentiated invasive SCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Polymorphism of vascular structures
- Targetoid appearing keratin-filled follicular ostia
Minimal invasive SCC
Describe the major dermoscopic findings in this lesion
Dx?
- Elongated hairpin (looped) vessels
- Typical “strawberry” (white circles) pattern of AK
Minimally invasive SCC arising in ass/w AK
Common vascular structures and patterns encountered in keratinizing tumors
- hairpin (looped) vessels with a whitish halo
- glomerular (coiled) vessels
- linear–irregular(serpentine)
- dotted
- strawberry-red pseudonetwork (white circles on a red back- ground)
- polymorphous
Define solar lentigines
- sharply circumscribed, uniformly pigmented macules
- predominantly on the sun-exposed areas
- imduced by UV exposure