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Diffuse Melanosis Cutis Under Immuno‐ and Targeted Therapy

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In patients with highly advanced melanoma, rarely a diffuse melanosis cutis (DMC) can be noticed. Even though the condition is generally harmless itself, it can have a significant impact on the patient's well‐being as an obvious mark of the disease. DMC causes a grey or brown discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes. We report on a young
Christiane Cussigh, Lara‐Elena Hakim‐Meibodi, Alexander H. Enk, Jessica C. Hassel   +3 more
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Relationship between filter cigarettes smoking habits with the appearance of smoker’s melanosis (Observation of smoking duration and the amount of cigarettes consumption)

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2014
Introduction: Smoking is one of bad habits that are difficult to abandon. Cigarettes contain more than 59 known carcinogenic substances. Cigarettes also contain some metal components and free radicals. Cigarettes consist of several types, one of which is
Rizal Rizky Akbar, Sunardhi Widyaputra, Silvi Kintawati   +2 more
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Characteristics of Riehl melanosis in an ethnic Asian population: A comparative study according to age, sex, and hair dye use

JEADV Clinical Practice, 2022
Background Riehl melanosis, characterized by diffuse brown to grey hyperpigmentation of the face and neck, affects middle‐aged women with dark skin phototypes.
Myoung Eun Choi, Youngkyoung Lim, Woo Jin Lee, Chong Hyun Won, Mi Woo Lee, Sung Eun Chang   +5 more
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The Most Common Comorbidities in Dandy-Walker Syndrome Patients: A Systematic Review of Case Reports. [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) is a rare neurologic multi-entity malformation. This review aimed at reporting its main nonneurologic comorbidities.
Aluclu MU, Amin OS, Antonis A. Kousoulis, Arai M, Ben Hamouda H, Bokhari I, Buonaguro EF, Caglayan AO, Cakmak A, Chen CP, Cultrera F, de Brito Henriques JG, Dinakar C, Emelina Stambolliu, Eslami Shahre Babaki M, Ghosh A, Gulcan YH, Gveric-Ahmetasevic S, Hammond CJ, Hussain Z, Kimonas Kontokostas, Koul RL, Kurdi ME, Lin MC, Mancini TI, Maria Dakoutrou, McClelland S, McCormack WM, Muzumdar DP, Myrsini Ioakeim-Ioannidou, Na M, Nyberg DA, Richter EO, Su PH, Titlic M, Unal O, Warwick CT, Yoder BJ   +37 more
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Prognosis and determinants of survival after orbital exenteration for conjunctival melanoma: Experiences from a Dutch Referral Centre

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To assess the prognosis and determinants of survival after orbital exenteration in patients with conjunctival melanoma (CoM). Methods In a retrospective study, 27 consecutive patients who underwent exenteration for CoM from 2001 to 2023 were included.
David Chetroiu, Niels J. Brouwer, Marina Marinkovic, Gregorius P. M. Luyten, Jaco C. Bleeker, Robert M. Verdijk, T. H. Khanh Vu, Stijn W. van der Meeren   +7 more
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An Unusual Melanocytic Nevus of Conjunctiva : Balloon Cell Nevus [PDF]

, 2011
Melanocytic nevi are one of the most common benign tumors of the conjunctiva. The balloon cell nevus is a rare and unusual variant of nevus of melanocytic origin, in which more than 50% of the tumor is composed of large polygonal cells with small nucleus
Geethalakshmi, U, Nischal, KC, Padmini, HR, Vijay Shankar, S   +3 more
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Diagnosis of oral pigmentations and malignant transformations [PDF]

, 1951
BackgroundOral pigmentation is a common finding in the mouth. Pigmentation can be either normal or abnormal discoloration of oral mucous membrane.
Eisen, Kleinegger, Gaeta, Hemminki, Hemminki, Hemminki, McGrath, Kauzman, Dereure, Birek, Kim, Weathers, Buchner, Gupta, Zaraa, Esen, Halder, Hedin, Hedin, Axell, Araki, Perusse, Marks, McAllan, Savage, Westbury, Meyerson, Buchner, Hicks, Goode, Whitt, Barker, Gorsky   +32 more
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Prevalence of Asymptomatic Premalignant Oesophageal Lesions in Patients With Fanconi Anaemia

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Clinically relevant endoscopic findings in asymptomatic Fanconi Anemia patients. ABSTRACT Fanconi anaemia (FA), a rare genetic disorder of DNA repair, predisposes to squamous cell carcinomas of head, neck and oesophagus. We assessed the value of screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in 20 asymptomatic adults (median age 23.5, 65% female) with FA ...
Joshua A. Sloan, Nicha Wongjarupong, Vikram Christian, Nabeel Azeem, Kevin O. Turner, C. Prakash Gyawali, Margaret L. MacMillan, John E. Wagner   +7 more
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Feline Uveal Melanoma Review: Our Current Understanding and Recent Research Advances

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Melanocytic neoplasia is the most common form of ocular tumour in cats, accounting for 67% of cases in an analysis of 2614 cases of primary ocular neoplasia.
David Kayes, Benjamin Blacklock
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Look past the cooperative eye hypothesis: reconsidering the evolution of human eye appearance

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The external appearance of the human eye has been prominently linked to the evolution of complex sociocognitive functions in our species. The cooperative eye hypothesis (CEH) proposes that human eyeballs, with their weakly expressed conjunctival and scleral pigmentation, are uniquely conspicuous and evolved under selective pressures to behave ...
Juan Olvido Perea‐García, Aurora Teuben, Kai R. Caspar   +2 more
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