Dermoscopy of Common Inflammatory Disorders

A new dermoscopic pattern for chilblain-COVID-19–like skin lesions in adolescents

“…7 Rosettes probably represent the involvement of hair follicles 7 ; white streaks reveal altered collagen in the dermis. 8 Moreover, elongated, dotted blood vessels can be observed in inflamed, damaged, or traumatized skin or in overlying skin stasis, and they represent the dilatation of blood vessels with the extravasation of the red blood cells surrounding the enlarged infundibula. 8 We hypothesize that such dermoscopic features are the results of compressive phenomena produced by considerable inflammation and edema in CLLs.…”

“…8 Moreover, elongated, dotted blood vessels can be observed in inflamed, damaged, or traumatized skin or in overlying skin stasis, and they represent the dilatation of blood vessels with the extravasation of the red blood cells surrounding the enlarged infundibula. 8 We hypothesize that such dermoscopic features are the results of compressive phenomena produced by considerable inflammation and edema in CLLs. The dermoscopic pattern of CLLs is intermediate between that of spongiotic eczema and chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as discoid lupus.…”

“…The dermoscopic pattern of CLLs is intermediate between that of spongiotic eczema and chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as discoid lupus. 8 Therefore, dermatoscopy together with a clinical The lesion on a patient's right ankle revealed in a dermoscopic pattern, with a white crossed or annular line surrounded by red globular blood vessels at its periphery distributed in lines or rings, respectively, on an opaque erythematous background resembling ''Wickham striae.'' examination can help in the close monitoring and follow-up of these lesions.…”

Dermatoscopic features of thin (≤2 mm Breslow thickness) vs. thick (>2 mm Breslow thickness) nodular melanoma and predictors of nodular melanoma versus nodular non‐melanoma tumours: a multicentric collaborative study by the International Dermoscopy Society

“…8 Dotted vessels can be found in several benign and malignant skin tumours and inflammatory skin diseases (i.e. common nevi, Spitz nevi, dermatofibromas, lichen planus-like keratosis, Bowen's disease, superficial BCCs on the legs, psoriasis, eczema) [26][27][28][29][30][31] as well as in flat pigmented and amelanotic melanoma. 10,32 However, almost all of the aforementioned conditions manifest as clinically flat lesions, whereas dotted vessels in nodular tumours have not been frequently described.…”

Dermoscope-guided Laser Excision of a Pilomatricoma – a Novel Surgical Procedure Performed in Primary Care Settings

“…The advantages of dermoscopes in the early detection and diagnoses of skin cancers are well substantiated. Beyond tumours, dermoscopy has been reported to be applicable in the diagnoses of common inflammatory skin diseases [10,11], vascular diseases [12][13][14], and infectious diseases [15][16][17]. The realm of dermoscopy extends to diseases of the skin appendages [18,19] and mucosal surfaces such as the oral mucosa [20].…”