Infundibulocystic basal cell carcinoma: dermoscopic findings and histologic correlation

Rodrigo Roldán-Marín; Sergio Leal-Osuna; Lorena Lammaglia-Ordiales; Sonia Toussaint-Caire

doi:10.5826/dpc.0403a09

Infundibulocystic basal cell carcinoma: dermoscopic findings and histologic correlation

Authors

Rodrigo Roldán-Marín Dermatology Department, Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Mexico City, Mexico
Sergio Leal-Osuna Dermatology Department, Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Mexico City, Mexico
Lorena Lammaglia-Ordiales Dermatology Department, Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Mexico City, Mexico
Sonia Toussaint-Caire Dermatology Department, Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Mexico City, Mexico

Keywords:

infundibulocystic, basal cell carcinoma, dermoscopy, histopathology

Abstract

Infundibulocystic basal cell carcinoma is a rare variant. It was first described in 1987 and proposed as a new basal cell carcinoma (BCC) subtype by Ackerman and Walsh in 1990. Dermoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that allows prompt identification of many types of BCC. However, dermoscopic findings for the infundibulocystic variant have not been reported. In our patient the dermoscopic findings were maple leaf-like areas in the periphery of the tumor, multiple scattered blue-gray dots and globules, short, fine telangiectasia and chrysalis or white-shiny streaks. All these structures had an underlying anatomopathological correlation.

Conclusion: According to our case report, dermoscopy findings may aid to clearly diagnose this unusual BCC variant with proper histopathological correlation.