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==Evaluation== | ==Evaluation== | ||
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*Skin biopsy | *Skin biopsy | ||
Revisión del 02:30 22 oct 2018
Background
- Most common skin malignancy
- Rarely a metastatic process
- Risk factors include UV radiation, chronic arsenic exposure, ionizing radiation, immunosuppression
Clinical Features
- Slow growing
- Usually head and neck
- Only where hair follicles exist
- Pearly nodule with telangiectatic vessels, rolled border and central ulceration
Differential Diagnosis
Other Rash
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
- Allergic reaction
- Aphthous stomatitis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Coxsackie
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Exfoliative erythroderma
- Impetigo
- Pellagra
- Pityriasis rosea
- Serum Sickness
- Tinea capitus
- Tinea corporis
- Vitiligo
Evaluation
- Clinical examination by trained clinician (dermatology referral)
- Skin biopsy