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. 2022 Jan 1;12(1):e2022014.
doi: 10.5826/dpc.1201a14. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Penile Exogenous Pigmentation Mimicking Melanoma

Sabina Vaccari  1 , Michelangelo La Placa  1 , Alessia Barisani  1 , Rossella Lacava  1 , Cosimo Misciali  1 , Giulio Tosti  2 , Valeria Gaspari  1
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Penile Exogenous Pigmentation Mimicking Melanoma

Sabina Vaccari et al. Dermatol Pract Concept. .
No abstract available

Keywords: exogenous; melanoma; mucosal; penis; pigmentation.

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Competing interests: None.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Penile exogenous pigmentation in a 65-year-old Caucasian man. (A) Clinical presentation of the lesion reveals a brown asymmetrical flat lesion with irregular borders. (B) Videodermoscopy shows a multicomponent pattern with uneven pigmentation, multiple irregular brown-to-black dots, a blue-whitish veil and polymorphous vessels, circle, original magnification ×20. (C) Arrow, original magnification ×60.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Penile exogenous pigmentation: histopathological findings consisting of epithelium hyperplasia, sclerosis and brownish-black pigment in the superficial chorion, with no evidence of atypical melanocytic proliferation. (A) Hematoxylin and eosin stain original magnification ×17. (B) Hematoxylin and eosin stain original magnification ×32.
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