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PIGMENTED BOWEN’S DISEASE MIMICKING MELANOMA CLINICALLY AND DERMOSCOPICALLY
Uma variedade de lesões cutâneas pode simular melanoma, tais como nevos melanocĂticos, lentigos, ceratose seborreica, nevo azul, carcinoma basocelular pigmentado e dermatofibromas. Relata-se um caso clĂnico raro de uma paciente do sexo feminino que apresentou lesĂŁo em coxa esquerda clĂnica e dermatoscopicamente compatĂvel com melanoma. A paciente foi submetida Ă exĂ©rese da lesĂŁo e o histopatolĂłgico diagnosticou doença de Bowen pigmentada. O objetivo Ă© alertar que a doença de Bowen pigmentada, uma forma rara de carcinoma espinocelular in situ, tambĂ©m deve ser lembrada como diagnĂłstico diferencial de melanoma maligno.A variety of cutaneous lesions can mimic melanoma, such as melanocytic nevi, lentigines, seborrheic keratosis, blue nevi, pigmented basal cell carcinomas and dermatofibromas. This report describes a rare clinical case of a female patient who presented a lesion on the left thigh, which was clinically and dermoscopically compatible with melanoma. The patient underwent excision of the lesion, and histopathology confirmed a diagnosis of pigmented Bowen’s disease. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to the fact that pigmented Bowen’s disease, a rare form of squamous cell carcinoma in situ, should also be considered as a differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma