Blue nevus with a starburst pattern on dermoscopy

An 11-year-old girl presented to our department with a blue-gray papule approximately 4 mm in diameter. We suspected that it was a blue nevus or a pigmented Reed/Spitz nevus. On dermoscopic observation, the lesion showed homogeneous black-bluish pigmentation. This dermoscopic feature was suggestive...

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Main Authors: Shiga, Takeo, Nakajima, Kimiko, Tarutani, Masahito, Izumi, Miki, Tanaka, Masaru, Sano, Shigetoshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Derm101.com 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663372/