title: Comparative Study of Dermatoscopic and Histopathologic Results in Facial Basal Cell Carcinoma and Melanocytic Nevi.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dermatoscopy can be applied to diagnose pigmented skin lesions. The aim of the present study was to compare dermatoscopic and histopathologic results in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and melanocytic nevus of theface.
  
  
  METHODS
  In an analytical-descriptive study, 61 patients suspected of BCC or melanocytic nevi of face were randomly selected. The skin lesions of patients were evaluated with dermatoscopic method from February 2012 to February 2014 and results were compared with pathological features of samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, mean age of patients was 49.5±18.9. Some 25 (41%) were men and 36 (59%) were women. In 27 cases (44.3%) there was diagnosis of melanocytic nevus, in 28 cases (45.9%) diagnosis of BCC, and in 3 cases (4.9%) there was mixed diagnosis. The relationship between patients' gender and dermatoscopic diagnosis of the patients was statistically significant (P=0.001). For BCC the sensitivity and specificity of dermatoscopic method were 100% and 97% respectively and for melanocytic nevi 96.4% and 97%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dermatoscopic study not only can be helpful in improving clinical diagnosis while guiding missed malignant lesions to pathologic evaluations, but also could be useful in evaluating further suspicious or recurrent cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran E-mail : Mahzad.a.ma@Gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amirnia
authors.forename: Mohammad-Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ranjkesh
authors.forename: Mahzad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azimpouran
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karkon-Shayan
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alikhah
authors.forename: Mohammadali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jafari-Asl
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piri
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naghavi-Behzad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult