title: Pigmented nodular Basal cell carcinomas in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas: confocal microscopy as a reliable tool for in vivo histologic diagnosis.
abstract: Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution. Here, we present four cases of challenging nodular lesions where confocal microscopy was able to clarify the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casari
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pellacani
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seidenari
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cesinaro
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beretti
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pepe
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Longo