Facial seborrheic keratosis with unusual dermoscopic patterns can be differentiated from other skin malignancies by in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy

F Farnetani¹, G Pedroni¹, N Lippolis¹, M Giovani¹, S Ciardo¹, J Chester¹, S Kaleci¹, C Pezzini¹, C Cantisani², A Dattola³, M Manfredini¹, E Dika^{4

5}, A Patrizi^{4

5}, G Pellacani^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
² Dermatology Clinic, Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.
⁴ Dermatology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

F Farnetani et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;35(11):e784-e787.

doi: 10.1111/jdv.17470. Epub 2021 Jul 21.

¹ Dermatology Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
² Dermatology Clinic, Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.
⁴ Dermatology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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