BACKGROUND The dermoscopic criteria of extrafacial melanomas are well-known. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of dermatoscopic findings in head and neck melanomas (HNM) and to assess the distinguishing dermoscopic criteria of facial and extrafacial melanoma. METHODS This observational study included 108 patients with HNM (63% male, mean age 64 years). Participants underwent individual d...

Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Birame Loum, Ibrahima Keita, Thierno Boubacar Diallo, Alamasso Sow Service d’ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal, Service d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal, Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal Corresponding author: Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Service d’ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Facial...

plaques, papules or nodules over the dorsa of joints, and GF usually appears as one or a few plaques on the face. In addition, eosinophils and plasma cells are prominent in GF, whereas neutrophils are plentiful in erythema elevatum diutinum [1] . GF is often quite resistant to therapy [2–6] . Topical calcineurin inhibitors may represent a useful alternative to topical corticosteroids for the tr...

Le syndrome de Melkersson-Rosenthal est une entité rare. Dans sa forme complète, il se caractérise par un œdème cutanéo-muqueux de la face, une paralysie faciale périphérique récidivante et une langue plicaturée. Il peut poser un problème diagnostique dans sa forme incomplète. Son traitement est essentiellement médical, parfois chirurgical. Femme âgée de 58 ans, diabétique et hypertendue, a con...

Dear Editors, Lentigo maligna (LM) and lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) represent one of the four main subtypes of melanoma, presenting most commonly in chronically sun-exposed areas of the head and neck, with a predilection for the cheek and less commonly on arms, legs and trunk. Leg localisation is the most frequent extrafacial site. Amelanotic LM constitutes a clinical challenge, because it ca...

IMPORTANCE The diagnosis of extrafacial lentigo maligna can be a challenge because the dermoscopic features are not well described. These features can share some of the criteria of superficial spreading melanoma and some of facial lentigo maligna; however, these features are often absent. A new dermoscopic pattern has recently been described as forming angulated lines. OBSERVATIONS We report ...