| Descriptive terminologyTerminology using descriptive terms
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Metaphoric terminologyThe system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art or specialized subject / nomenclature.
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Significance†
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| LINES
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| lines reticularMetaphoric term: pigment network melanocytic lesions dermatofibroma solar lentigo
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pigment networkGrid-like pattern consisting of interconnecting pigmented lines surrounding hypopigmented holes.
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melanocyticThis glossary term has not yet been described. lesions dermatofibromaDermatofibromas are hard solitary slow-growing papules (rounded bumps) that may appear in a variety of colours, usually brownish to tan; they are often elevated or pedunculated. A dermatofibroma is associated with the dimple sign; by applying lateral pressure, there is a central depression of the dermatofibroma. solar lentigoThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| lines reticular and thickbroadened network melanoma
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broadened networkwidening of the network lines
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melanomaThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| lines reticular and thindelicate network melanocytic nevi
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delicate networklight brown, thin network lines
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melanocytic neviThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| lines reticular and thick or reticular lines that vary in coloratypical pigment network melanoma
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atypical pigment networkNetwork with increased variability in the color, thickness, and spacing of the lines of the network; asymmetrically distributed; gray color
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melanoma
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| lines reticular whitemelanoma Spitz nevus dermatofibroma
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melanoma Spitz nevusThis glossary term has not yet been described. dermatofibroma
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| lines reticular hypopigmented around brown clodsnegative pigment network (former synonyms: inverse network reticular depigmentation) melanoma Spitz nevus
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negative pigment networklines reticular hypopigmented around brown clods (former synonyms: inverse networkThis glossary term has not yet been described. reticular depigmentation)
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melanoma Spitz nevus
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| lines white perpendicularshiny white streaks (former synonyms: chrysalis chrysalids crystalline) melanoma BCC Spitz nevus dermatofibroma*
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shiny white streakslines radial (always at periphery) streaks Reed nevus melanoma recurrent nevus (former synonyms: chrysalis chrysalids crystalline)
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melanoma BCCAbbreviation for Basal Cell Carcinoma Spitz nevus dermatofibroma
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| lines branchedbranched streaks melanocytic lesion
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branched streaksBroadened or widened network with broken lines and incomplete connections
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melanocytic lesion
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| lines radial (always at periphery)streaks
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streaks
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Reed nevusThis glossary term has not yet been described. melanoma recurrent nevusThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| lines radial and segmentalradial streaming melanoma recurrent nevi
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radial streamingRadial linear extensions at the lesion edge
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melanoma recurrent nevi
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| lines radial connected to a common baseleaf like areas (sometimes variously shaped large clods have also been termed leaf like areas) BCC
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leaf like areas (sometimes variously shaped large clods have also been termed leaf like areas)lines, radial, connected to a common base BCC
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BCC
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| lines radial converging to a central dot or clodspoke wheel area (sometimes a clod within a clod has also been termed spoke-wheel area/concentric structure) BCC
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spoke wheel areaWell-circumscribed radial projections, usually light brown but sometimes blue or gray in color meeting at a central darker clod that has a dark brown, black or blue color. (sometimes a clod within a clod has also been termed spoke-wheel area/concentric structure)
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BCC
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| lines curved and thickcerebriform pattern (former synonyms: “brain-like appearance”) to describe the pattern and fissures and ridges (former synonyms “gyry and sulci” and “fat fingers”) to describe the structural components of the pattern SK
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cerebriform pattern (former synonyms: “brain-like appearance”)lines, curved and thick to describe the pattern and fissures and ridges (former synonyms “gyry and sulci” and “fat fingers”) to describe the structural components of the pattern SK to describe the pattern and fissures and ridgeslines, curved and thick to describe the structural components of the pattern SK (former synonyms “gyry and sulci” and “fat fingersthey are linear and wide dermoscopic structures corresponding to ridges. They often appear as short sausage-shaped structures. Colors of these structures vary from tan/brown, blue and can be hypopigmented.”) to describe the structural components of the pattern
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SK
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| lines brown curved parallel thinfingerprinting solar lentigo
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fingerprintinglines brown curved parallel thin
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solar lentigo
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| lines curved and thick in combination with clodscrypts SK
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cryptsKeratin filled invaginations that are larger than comedo- like openings Moth eaten border Border with concave or sharp punched-out invaginations
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SK
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| lines parallel short crossing ridges (volar skin)fibrillar pattern acral nevi
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fibrillar patternLinear pigmented filamentous lines of similar length with one end at the furrows and oriented at a certain angle to the furrows and crossing the ridges
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acralPertaining to peripheral body parts, especially hands, feet, fingers, and toes. nevi
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| lines parallel thick on the ridges (volar skin)parallel ridge pattern acral melanoma
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parallel ridge patternVolar pigmentation forming lines, parallel, diffuse and irregular, along the ridges or cristae superficiales (raised portion of the dermatoglyphics)
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acral melanoma
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| lines parallel thin in the furrows and crossing the ridges (volar skin)lattice-like pattern acral nevi
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lattice-like patternVolar pigmentation forming thin lines, parallel on the furrow or sulci superficialis (invaginations in dermatoglyphics) and crossing perpendicular on the ridges
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acral nevi
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| lines parallel thin in the furrows (volar skin)parallel furrows pattern acral nevi
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parallel furrows patternlines parallel thin in the furrows (volar skin)
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acral nevi
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| lines angulated or polygonal (facial skin)rhomboids lentigo maligna
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rhomboidsGray-brown angulated lines forming a polygonal shape around adnexal ostial openings.
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lentigo malignaThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| lines angulated or polygonal (non-facial skin)angulated lines/polygons/zig-zag pattern lentiginous melanomas (non-facial non-acral)
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angulated linesSyn: polygons, zig-zag pattern Gray-brown lines that are connected at an angle or coalescing to form polygons/polygonslines angulated or polygonal (non-facial skin)/zig-zag patternlines angulated or polygonal (non-facial skin)
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lentiginous melanomas (non-facial non-acral)
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| CLODS
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| clods small round or ovalglobules various diagnoses
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globulesThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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various diagnoses
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| clods brown circumferentialrim of brown globules growing nevi
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rim of brown globulesGlobules distributed at the periphery of lesion
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growing neviThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| clods brown yellow or orange (rarely black)comedo-like openings SK
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comedo-like openings[[Comedo like openings]]
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| clods brown or blue concentric (clod within a clod)concentric globules BCC
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concentric globulesclods brown or blue concentric (clod within a clod)
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BCC
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| clods brown or skin colored large and polygonalcobblestone pattern dermal nevi
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cobblestone patternclods brown or skin colored large and polygonal
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dermal neviThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| clods blue large clusteredblue-gray ovoid nests BCC
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blue-gray ovoid nestsclods blue large clustered
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BCC
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| clods blue smallblue globules BCC
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blue globulesclods blue small
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BCC
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| clod within a clod (concentric clods)variant of spoke wheel area BCC
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variant of spoke wheel areaclod within a clod (concentric clods)
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BCC
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| clods white shinyshiny white blotches and strands BCC*
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shiny white blotches and strandsWhite structures in the form of circles, oval structures, or large structureless areas that are bright-white longer and less well defined lines oriented parallel or distributed haphazardly, or forming blotches (shiny white clods). Seen only under polarized dermoscopy.
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BCC
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| clods pink and smallmilky red globules melanoma
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milky red globulesThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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melanoma
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| clods red or purplered lacunes hemangioma
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red lacunesclods red or purple
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hemangiomaThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| DOTS
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| dots any colorgranularity or granules
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granularityThis glossary term has not yet been described. or granules
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various diagnoses
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| dots graypeppering Melanoma, LPLK
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pepperingGray dots
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MelanomaThis glossary term has not yet been described. LPLKThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| dots gray and circles grayannular-granular pattern lentigo maligna
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annular-granular patterndots gray and circles gray
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lentigo maligna
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| dots or clods white clustered or disseminatedmilia like cysts, cloudy or starry SK
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milia like cysts cloudy or starrydots or clods white clustered or disseminated
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SK
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| dots white four arranged in a squarerosettes. Significant for various diagnoses but mainly AK, SCC, actinic damaged skin*
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rosettesFour bright white dots or clods arranged together as a square (or a four leaf clover)
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various diagnoses but mainly AKThis glossary term has not yet been described. SCCThis glossary term has not yet been described. actinic damaged skinThis glossary term has not yet been described.
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| dots peripheral arranged in lineslinear dots. Significant for pigmented Bowen disease
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linear dotsdots peripheral arranged in lines linear dots pigmented Bowen disease
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pigmented Bowenalso known as squamous cell carcinoma in situ[1] is a neoplastic skin disease. It can be considered as an early stage or intraepidermal form of squamous cell carcinoma. It was named after John T. Bowen disease
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| dots brown central (in the center of hypopigmented spaces between reticular lines)targetoid dots congenital nevi
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targetoid dotsdots brown central (in the center of hypopigmented spaces between reticular lines)
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congenital neviis a type of melanocytic nevus (or mole) found in infants at birth. This type of birthmark occurs in an estimated 1% of infants worldwide; it is located in the area of the head and neck 15% of the time.
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| STRUCTURELESS
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| structureless zone brown or blackblotch If centric hypermelanotic Clark (“dysplastic”) nevus if eccentric melanoma
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blotchDark structureless areas
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If centric hypermelanotic Clark (“dysplastic”) nevus if eccentric melanoma
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| structureless zone blueblue-whitish veil melanoma
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blue-whitish veil
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melanoma
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| structureless zone pinkmilky red areas melanoma
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milky red areasMilky-white appearance or pinkish structureless areas ("strawberry and ice cream"-like), consisting a red vascular blush with no specific distinguishable vessels
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melanoma
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| structureless zone whitescar-like depigmentation melanoma
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scar-like depigmentationArea of white that is whiter than surrounding normal skin (true scarring). It should not be confused with hypo- or depigmentation due to simple loss of melanin. Shiny white structures and blood vessels are not seen in areas of regression.
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melanoma
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| structureless zone white centralcentral white patch dermatofibroma
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central white patchCentral white structureless area
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dermatofibroma
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| structureless zone polychromaticrainbow pattern various diagnoses
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rainbow patternCircumscribed structureless areas displaying colors of the whole spectrum of visible light
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various diagnoses
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| structureless red interrupted by follicular openingsstrawberry pattern actinic keratosis
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strawberry patternReddish pseudo-network (erythema and wavy fine vessels) around hair follicle openings which are accentuated with a white halo appearance
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actinic keratosisActinic keratosis (also called solar keratosis and senile keratosis; abbreviated as AK) is a pre-cancerous patch of thick, scaly, or crusty skin.
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| structureless brown (tan) eccentricmelanoma
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melanoma
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| structureless any colorhomogenous pattern various diagnoses
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homogenous patternstructureless any color
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various diagnoses
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| structureless brown interrupted by follicular openingspseudo-network facial pigmented lesions (facial-skin)
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pseudo-networkstructureless brown interrupted by follicular openings (facial-skin)
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facial pigmented lesions
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* only visible by polarized dermoscopy † significance varies depending on context
