Hasbún Acuña Paula, Cullen Aravena Roberto, Maturana Donaire César, Ares Mora Raúl, Porras Kusmanic Ninoska
Teledermatología, Centro de especialidades San Lázaro, Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile. Address: Centro de especialidades primarias San Lázaro, Sargento Menadier 1092, Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile. Email:
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Medwave. 2016 Dec 20;16(11):e6805. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2016.11.6805.
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, especially in elderly people. Pigmented basal cell carcinoma is a rare subtype and has been described in the literature as a nodular and hyperpigmented lesion; rarely, it can appear as an extensive pigmented plate, which may be clinically indistinguishable from superficial spreading melanoma and Bowen disease. Dermatoscopy has a high sensitivity in the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma. When Menzies criteria are used; however, the final diagnosis is made by histopathology. The objective of the present report is to analyze the case of a patient with pigmented basal cell carcinoma simulating a superficial spreading melanoma.
