Dermoscopy and LC-OCT in the Evaluation and Management of Solitary Trichoepithelioma: A Diagnostic–Therapeutic Flowchart

Antonio Di Guardo; Luca Guarino; Maria Elisabetta Greco; Umberto Gallo; Steven P. Nisticò; Giovanni  Pellacani; Carmen Cantisani

doi:10.5826/dpc.1602a6753

Dermoscopy and LC-OCT in the Evaluation and Management of Solitary Trichoepithelioma: A Diagnostic–Therapeutic Flowchart

Authors

Antonio Di Guardo Department of Dermatology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-346X
Luca Guarino Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Maria Elisabetta Greco Department of Dermatology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Umberto Gallo Department of Dermatology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Steven P. Nisticò Department of Dermatology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Giovanni Pellacani Department of Dermatology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Carmen Cantisani Department of Dermatology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Keywords:

tricoepithelioma, cutaneous adnexal neoplasm, dermoscopy, dermopathology, confocal reflectance microscopy

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