Oral and Genital Melanotic Macule
Authors:
Z. Szép 1,2,3,4
Authors‘ workplace:
CYTOPATHOS, spol. s r. o., bioptické a cytologické laboratórium, Bratislava
vedúci spoločnosti: doc. MUDr. Dušan Daniš, CSc.
1; Kožné oddelenie, konzultačná a bioptická ambulancia, Nemocnica sv. Michala, Bratislava
vedúci oddelenia: prim. MUDr. Ľubomír Zaujec
2; Katedra dermatovenerológie Slovenskej zdravotníckej univerzity, Bratislava
vedúca katedry: doc. MUDr. Klaudia Kolibášová, PhD., mim. prof.
3; Katedra patologické anatomie Lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Plzni
vedoucí katedry: prof. MUDr. Michal Michal
4
Published in:
Čes-slov Derm, 85, 2010, No. 5, p. 280-284
Category:
Case Reports
Overview
Oral and genital melanotic macules are clinical units mostly localized on the skin or mucosa of the lips or genitals. They are idiopatic, benign, solitary lesions with unclear genesis. Clinically, they can mimic the initial stage of mucosal melanoma. Diagnosis is based on histopathological finding of melanin in basal epithelial/epidermal layer without presence of increased number, of hyperplasia or nesting of melanocyte. One case of oral melanotic macule in 46-year old male and one case of genital melanotic macule in 30-year old male are presented.
Key words:
melanotic macules – histopathology – differential diagnosis
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