Dermaimaging

digital dermoscopy

Archive for the ‘Cerebriform pattern’ Category

Patient 182

Posted by admin On April - 24 - 2010

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In a 50-year-old woman, on the leg

What to see at dermoscopy:

-sharply demarcated and moth-eaten border
-fissures and ridges (cerebriform pattern)
-milia-like cysts

Dermoscopy in favor of early seborrheic keratosis

Patient 131

Posted by admin On November - 26 - 2009

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In a 73-year-old woman, on the leg 

What to see at dermoscopy:

-cerebriform pattern
-fissures and ridges
-sharp borders
-scar-like depigmentation (lower portion of lesion)
-scaly surface at the lower portion of lesion

Although dermoscopy is in favor of seborrheic keratoses,  biopsy at the lower portion of lesion was indicated to rule out a squamous cell carcinoma.
Hitopathology correlation: actinic keratoses.  

Patient 113

Posted by admin On June - 11 - 2009

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In 82-year-old woman, on the supraclavicular fossa

What to see at dermoscopy:

-sharply demarcated and irregular border (moth-eaten appearance); within the lesion, faint and irregular network
-structureless areas
-peppering at the edge of the lesion (regression areas)
-milia-like cysts and comedo-like openings
-cerebriform appearance at the upper right portion of the lesion
Dermoscopy signs in favor of lichen planus-like keratosis

Comments: lichen planus-like keratosis is believed to be either a solar lentigo or an early seborrheic keratosis undergoing regression; important to remember that it can simulate the early changes seen in lentigo maligna.

Patient 119

Posted by admin On May - 14 - 2009

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In a 64-year-old woman, on the chest

What to see at dermoscopy:

-cerebriform pattern: fissures and ridges (generally associated with acanthotic seborrheic keratosis)
-comedo-like openings
-milia-like cysts
-hairpin vessels
-erythema
Dermoscopy signs in favor of
seborrheic keratosis

Patient 60

Posted by admin On January - 26 - 2009

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In a 44-year-old woman, on the upper back

What to see at dermoscopy:

-absence of pigmented network
-sharply demarcated border
-fissures and ridges [cerebriform pattern (generally associated with an acanthotic seborrheic keratosis)]
Dermoscopy signs in favor of seborrheic keratosis