Digital myxoid cysts: 12 years' experience from two Italian Dermatology Units.

CONCLUSIONS: All the patients have been treated with simple surgical excision with a cure rate of 72.6% at a mean recurrence time of 160 days with a mean follow-up of 3.6 years. Histopathological examination, performed in 11 out of the 53 cysts, revealed seven cases of ganglion-type cysts and four cases of focal cutaneous mucinosis-type cysts. No correlation was detected between histopathological type and recurrence. Digital dermoscopy confirmed the pattern recently reported in the literature, providing confidence in the clinical diagnosis and reducing the need for pre-operative radiography or ultrasound imaging. PMID: 30019575 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia - Category: Dermatology Tags: G Ital Dermatol Venereol Source Type: research