title: Dermoscopic Findings in Trichoblastoma.
abstract: Trichoblastoma is a benign cutaneous neoplasm that is clinically and histologically similar to basal cell carcinoma. We report the dermoscopic features seen in 2 cases of facial trichoblastoma. One case presented with very short, delicate, scarcely branching telangiectases against a pearly white background. In the second case, the veins were also short and scarcely branching, but they were arranged in a crown pattern, with white striae and milia-like cysts. Although dermoscopic evidence of fine, scarcely branching telangiectases is not specific to a diagnosis of trichoblastoma, these features may be useful for differentiating this neoplasm from nodular basal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital General Universitari de Castelló, Castelló de la Plana, España. Electronic address: gerardpitarch@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pitarch
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Botella-Estrada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Basal cell carcinoma; Carcinoma basocelular; Dermatoscopia; Dermoscopy; Trichoblastoma; Trichoepithelioma; Tricoblastoma; Tricoepitelioma