Terminology for vessel arrangement

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 Author(s): Harald Kittler

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Description	This chapter covers the terminology of the vessel arrangement
Author(s)	Harald Kittler
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Descriptive term	Metaphoric term	Definition	Significance
Vessel arrangement
radial vessels	crown vessels	Radial serpentine or arborizing vessels at the periphery of the lesion that radiate towards the center but do not cross the midline od the lesion.	sebaceous hyperplasia
serpiginous vessels	string of perls	Coiled or dotted vessels arranged in lines	clear cell acanthoma
branched vessels	arborizing vessels	Bright red sharply in focus large or thick diameter vessels dividing into smaller vessels	BCC
clustered vessels		Coiled or glomerular vessels arranged in groups	Bowen disease
centered dots vessels	targetoid vessels	red dots (vessels) in the center of hypopigmented space between reticular lines	congenital melanocytic nevus