Metaphoric terms on facial skin
From dermoscopedia
Metaphoric term | Definition |
Annular granular pattern | Dots and structureless areas arranged around follicle openings (and involving adnexal opening) |
Rhomboids | Gray-brown angulated lines forming a polygonal shape around adnexal ostial openings. |
Pseudonetwork | A structureless pigment area interrupted by non-pigmented adnexal openings |
Asymmetric pigmented follicular openings | Pigment associated with adnexal opening that does not uniformly surround the entire opening or curved (or crescent shaped) pigment lines partially surrounding adnexal openings |