Pigmented Demodex Folliculorum: A Novel Dermoscopic Finding in Brown Facial Macules

Magdalena Zychowska; Linda Tognetti; Pietro Rubegni; Elisa Cinotti

doi:10.5826/dpc.1401a44

Pigmented Demodex Folliculorum: A Novel Dermoscopic Finding in Brown Facial Macules

Authors

Magdalena Zychowska Department of Dermatology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszow University, Rzeszow, Poland
Linda Tognetti Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Pietro Rubegni Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Elisa Cinotti Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Keywords:

Demodex, demodicosis, lentigo maligna, pigmented Demodex

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