MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study included 142 lesions of 72 patients, aged 26-79, who were
admitted to the dermatology department of Haydarpaşa Numune Training and
Research Hospital between 2014-2018 and diagnosed clinically and / or
histopathologically (for atypical lesions) as dermatofibroma. Clinical
data were recorded for each patient, including age and sex, location of
the lesion, and size of the lesion. This study includes three stages
including dermatological and dermoscopic examination of lesions,
macroscopic and dermoscopic (Dermlite II hybrid M Pocket Epiluminescence
Device, Molemax 3 Digital Image Capture) photographing and evaluation of
the findings. Macroscopic and dermoscopic pictures of all lesions in the
study were taken and data were recorded. Structures classified as
vascular and nonvascular were defined dermoscopically. In order to
increase the image quality and the visibility of the structures, the
contact plate was wetted with saline before dermoscopic pictures were
taken. The pressure on the lesion was relieved to prevent collapse of
the vascular structures. All datas were uploaded to SPSS 17.0 for
Windows statistic application software.