{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,3]],"date-time":"2022-11-03T16:42:40Z","timestamp":1667493760952},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Mattioli1885","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,31]],"date-time":"2022-10-31T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1667174400000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Dermatol Pract Concept"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background:: Early diagnosis can improve melanoma prognosis. Dermoscopy can enhance early melanoma recognition.\nObjectives: Examine the dermoscopy features of early melanoma up to a maximum surface diameter of 6mm.\nMethods: Consecutive melanoma cases were collected from two medical practices in Sydney, Australia 2019-2021. Dermoscopy features were recorded for melanomas by maximum surface diameter, to the nearest 0.1 mm, to a limit of 6mm.\nResults: Total cases numbered 100; with males (n=48) and females (n=52), melanoma in situ (MIS, n=96) and invasive (n=4). The most frequent anatomic sites on both males and females were back (males n=20, females n=16) then knee or leg (males n=8, females n=12). Minimum respective MIS diameters for males\/females was 1.2\/2.0mm and for invasive cases 2.0\/3.4mm. Highest frequency dermoscopy features were: light brown, dark brown, grey and asymmetric melanoma shape. Brown pigment in hair follicles were more frequent on legs compared to other anatomic sites [OR 14.6, 95%CI (1.29-165.17), p 0.03]. Pseudopods were substantially increased in frequency comparing diameters less than 4mm with 4 up to 6mm [OR 8.81, 95%CI (1.05-73.9), p 0.004]. Structureless area cases recorded increased grey [OR 7.08, 95%CI (1.61-31.11) p=0.01]. Melanomas with edge angulation were noted in 20-50% of cases across diameters 1-6mm, less frequent were pigmented circles and polygons.\nConclusion: Watch out! MIS presented with a surface diameter of just 1.2 mm and invasive melanoma 2.5mm. Pseudopods were a strong clue to melanomas with a surface diameter less than 5mm. We found melanomas on leg sites displayed more frequent pigmented hair follicles.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5826\/dpc.1204a197","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,1]],"date-time":"2022-11-01T10:34:57Z","timestamp":1667298897000},"page":"e2022197","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The hunt for baby melanomas: a prospective study of the dermoscopy features on 100 small melanoma cases with in vivo surface diameters up to a maximum of 6mm."],"prefix":"10.5826","author":[{"given":"John","family":"Pyne","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"MacDonald","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Beale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Esther","family":"Myint","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simon","family":"Clark","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Trang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"27750","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,31]]},"container-title":["Dermatology Practical &amp; Conceptual"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/dpcj.org\/index.php\/dpc\/article\/download\/2293\/1833","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/dpcj.org\/index.php\/dpc\/article\/download\/2293\/1833","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,3]],"date-time":"2022-11-03T16:07:40Z","timestamp":1667491660000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/dpcj.org\/index.php\/dpc\/article\/view\/2293"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,31]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5826\/dpc.1204a197","relation":{},"ISSN":["2160-9381"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2160-9381","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,31]]}}}