Background: A variety of pigmented skin tumours can lead to diagnostic difficulties in dermatopathology. Objectives: To investigate whether the inter observer agreement between histopathological diagnoses of equivocal...
Background:Follow-up of patients after treatment of basal cell carcinoma(BCC)allows for monitoring of recurrence and detection of new tumours,but adds a significant burden to outpatient clinics.At the skin tumour clin...
Background: Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) is a rare cutaneous neoplasm, with a high rate of local recurrences. Objective: A series of MAC was analyzed and compared to previously published cases. Methods: Seven c...
Background. Association of malignant cutaneous tumor and secondary anetoderma is rare. Secondary anetoderma in myxofibrosarcoma has not been described to date. We report a case below. Case report. A80-year-oldwoman pr...
Background: Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for posttransplant neoplasms. Objective: Our purpose was to determine whether various diseases causing end- organ failure are associated with differe...
Background: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)is a common malignant skin neoplasm. The surface of the caruncle contains sebaceous glands, hair follicles, and lacrimal and sweat gland elements. Consequently, the caruncle may s...
Background:The possibility of treating skin carcinomas of the pinna with radiotherapy is somewhat under discussion and scarcely known.Therefore the aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of derm...
Background: Birt- Hogg- Dubé syndrome (BHD) is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by skin tumours, including multiple fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas and acrochordons. BHD patients also may suff...
Background: Sunlight precipitates a series of genetic events that lead to the development of skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The p53 tumour suppressor gene, which pla...
In vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) represents a novel imaging tool that allows the examination of skin morphology in real time at a resolution equal to that of conventional microscopes. The aim of the s...