Differentiating Fordyce Spots from Their Common Simulators Using Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermatoscopy-Retrospective Study

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dc.contributor.authorPietkiewicz, Pawel
dc.contributor.authorNavarrete-Dechent, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorGoldust, Mohamad
dc.contributor.authorKorecka, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorTodorovska, Verce
dc.contributor.authorErrichetti, Enzo
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:16:57Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:16:57Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractFordyce spots (FS) are heterotopic sebaceous glands affecting mostly oral and genital mucosa, commonly misdiagnosed with sexually transmitted infections. In a single-center retrospective study, we aimed to assess the ultraviolet-induced fluorescencedermatoscopy (UVFD) clues of Fordyce spots and their common clinical simulants: molluscum contagiosum, penile pearly papules, human papillomavirus warts, genital lichen planus, and genital porokeratosis. Analyzed documentation included patients' medical records (1 September-30 October 2022) and photodocumentation, which included clinical images as well as polarized, non-polarized, and UVFD images. Twelve FS patients were included in the study group and fourteen patients in the control group. A novel and seemingly specific UVFD pattern of FS was described: regularly distributed bright dots over yellowish-greenish clods. Even though, in the majority of instances, the diagnosis of FS does not require more than naked eye examination, UVFD is a fast, easy-to-apply, and low-cost modality that can further increase the diagnostic confidence and rule out selected infectious and non-infectious differential diagnoses if added to conventional dermatoscopic diagnosis.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/diagnostics13050985
dc.identifier.eissn2075-4418
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13050985
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92365
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000948264400001
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaDiagnostics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectultraviolet radiation
dc.subjectdermoscopy
dc.subjectFordyce spots
dc.subjectmucoscopy
dc.subjectfluorescence
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleDifferentiating Fordyce Spots from Their Common Simulators Using Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermatoscopy-Retrospective Study
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen13
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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