Publications by authors named "Tatiana P Blumetti"
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- Melanoacanthoma is a rare skin condition similar to seborrheic keratosis, marked by dark pigmentation and rapid growth, which complicates its differentiation from melanoma.
- *The condition is defined by a mixture of keratinocytes and dendritic melanocytes, which are cells that produce pigment.
- *In a case study, a fast-growing scalp lesion was examined and ultimately excised because it could not be reliably classified as benign; further analysis confirmed it as melanoacanthoma.
In the 1980s, the increasing incidence of skin cancers prompted the development of noninvasive medical devices to improve skin cancer diagnosis in daily dermatology practice. As a result of the development of these noninvasive techniques, diagnosis is now established earlier and with better accuracy. These advances are of great benefit to high-risk patients, who previously would have had to undergo several excisions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment options for advanced stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) are limited by the their efficacy and side-effects profile. Gemcitabine, a pyrimidine analogue, has been reported to be efficacious in CTCL. Most of the studies published used gemcitabine as a single agent in treating advanced CTCL.
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