Seçil SARAL, Aynur AKYOL, Okçu Aylin HEPER, Bengü Nisa AKAY, Ezgi ÜNLÜ

Dermatoscopy and its role in diagnosing homogenous dotted vascular pattern in a case of dermatofibroma

Aktif psoriasis nedeniyle takip edilen bir hastanın kolunda saptanan dermatofibroma dermatoskopik olarak değerlendirildi. Dermatoskopik muayenede lezyonda homojen yayılım gösteren noktasal damarlanma ve kahverengi noktalar izlendi. Lezyonun ortasında yer alan skar benzeri alanda, seyrek firkete benzeri damarlar gözlendi. Psoriasis tanısı olan bu hastada ortaya çıkan dermatofibromada da psoriazistekine benzer dermatoskopik özellikler bulunması dikkat çekiciydi. Noktasal damarlanma gösteren pembe lezyonların ayırıcı tanısında dermatofibroma da düşünülmelidir.

Dermatofibroma olgu sunumu: Dermatoskopinin homojen noktasal vasküler yapılarda tanısal rolü

A dermatofibroma of a patient with active psoriasis was evaluated dermatoscopically. Dermatoscopic examination of the lesion revealed dotted vessels with homogenous distribution throughout the lesion and brown dots and occasional hairpin-like vessels in the white scar-like center. The reported case is unique because of presentation of psoriasis and dermatofibroma simultaneously since both exhibit homogenous red dots dermatoscopically. In the dermatoscopic differential diagnosis of pink lesions showing dotted vessels in a homogenous pattern dermatofibroma must be considered.

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