Publications by authors named "Alexander Bianchi"
Article Synopsis
- - Kissing nevus is a type of skin growth found in areas of the body that have split during fetal development, such as the eyelid or penis, where it appears as two adjacent moles.
- - There have been 23 reported cases of kissing nevus on the penis, with dermatoscopic and histological details available for only 4 of those cases; this report introduces a new case involving a 57-year-old man.
- - The findings include specific patterns seen in dermatoscopic analysis, confirmation of a benign nevus through histology, and new insights from confocal microscopy, leading to a conservative treatment plan with follow-up scheduled for six months later.
Fibrous histiocytoma is a benign soft tissue tumour arising as a fibrous mass everywhere in the human body. The involvement of the oral cavity is rare. We report two cases of benign fibrous histiocytoma that localized in the oral cavity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEccrine spiradenoma is an uncommon but well recognized benign adnexal tumour of the eccrine sweat glands. It can appear at any age, but the highest rate of incidence is observed among young adults, without any sex predilection. The commonest clinical presentation is a solitary blue-red dermal or subcutaneous cystic nodule, ranging from 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Combined malignant naevi are characterised pathologically by the association of a melanoma with one or more different types of benign melanocytic naevi in a single lesion.
Case Presentation: We show here a case of malignant combined naevus made up of a blue naevus and a melanoma, presenting as a slowly progressing and asymptomatic pigmented lesion on the trunk of a 35-year-old man. Dermoscopic examination was not conclusive for a malignant lesion, showing only an atypical brown pigment network.