Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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The dermoscopic monitoring of targetoid hemosiderotic haemangioma, also known as hobnail haemangioma

8^th Clinical Dermatology Congress

August 24-25, 2016 Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mustafa Turhan Sahin

Celal Bayar University, Turkey

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Clin Exp Dermatol Res

Abstract :

Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma, also known as hobnail haemangioma, is benign, solitary, targetoid vascular neoplasm occurring predominantly on the proximal extremities and trunk. Most patients exhibit a typical, targetoid haemangioma, whereby a small, solitary, purple and/or brown papule is surrounded by an ecchymotic ring that can expand or subsequently disappear with persistence of the central papule. The halo, however, is not a constant finding, thus the term hobnail haemangioma was coined to describe the non-targetoid variant of targetoid hemosiderotic haemangioma. Duration of the lesions ranges from 1 month to 20 years. During this time, targetoid hemosiderotic haemangioma may undergo episodic and cyclic changes in morphology. Dermoscopy has been scarcely used in the diagnosis of targetoid hemosiderotic haemangioma. Here we describe our cases of targetoid hemosiderotic haemangioma and study their monthly changing dermoscopical findings to show that this technique could be useful in the monitoring and differential diagnosis of this scarcely reported entity.

Biography :

Mustafa Turhan Sahin has completed his Medical Education from Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Turkey in 1989. His Dermatology Residency was in Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty, Turkey. He is currently working as a Professor in the Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty Department of Dermatology, Turkey. Many of his studies and case reports were published in national and international journals. He is a Member of Dermatovenereology Association of Turkey, Turkish Dermatology Association, Turkish Dermatopathology Association, Turkish Skin and Venereologic Diseases Association, International Society of Dermatology (ISD), European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) (Since 2001) and also a Board Member in International Dermoscopy Society (IDS).

Email: mturhans@yahoo.com