Verce Todorovska
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Research Interests
Verce Todorovska has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Cristian Navarrete-Dechent
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology, Escuela de Medicina Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago Chile
1 shared publication - Enzo Errichetti
Department of Medicine, Institute of Dermatology University of Udine Udine Italy
1 shared publication - Katarzyna Korecka
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-355 Poznan, Poland
1 shared publication - Mohamad Goldust
Department of Dermatology University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA
1 shared publication - Paweł Pietkiewicz
Zwierzyniecka Medical Center Poznań Poland
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 4 March 2023
- Published by MDPI AG in Diagnostics
- Vol. 13 (5) , 985
Differentiating Fordyce Spots from Their Common Simulators Using Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermatoscopy—Retrospective Study
Fordyce 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.
- 4 March 2023
- Published by MDPI AG in Diagnostics
- Vol. 13 (5) , 985
Open AccessDifferentiating Fordyce Spots from Their Common Simulators Using Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermatoscopy—Retrospective Study
Fordyce 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.