Table 4 Review of the literature concerning dermoscopic patterns of dermatofibromas
From: Beyond classic dermoscopic patterns of dermatofibromas: a prospective research study
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Zaballos et al. [15]: 292 patients 412 lesions |
Ferrari et al. [10]: 115 patients |
Agero et al. [14]: 50 patients |
Kilinc et al. [9]: 52 patients |
Present study: 95 patients 100 lesions | |
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| Typical | |||||
| Peripheral delicate pigment network and central white scarlike patch | 143 (34.7%) | 23 (17.7%) | 31 (62%) | 21 (21%) | |
| Total delicate pigment network | 60 (14.6%) | 4 (3.1%) | |||
| Peripheral delicate pigment network and central white network | 37 (9.0%) | 6 (4.6%) | |||
| Peripheral delicate pigment network and central homogeneous pigmentation | 20 (4.8%) | 5 (3.8%) | 9 (9%) | ||
| Total white network | 9 (2.2%) | 3 (2.3%) | |||
| Total homogeneous pigmentation | 20 (4.8%) | 15 (11.5%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Total white scarlike patch | 23 (5.6%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | ||
| Multiple white scarlike patches | 24 (5.8%) | 5 (3.8%) | 16 (16%) | ||
| Peripheral homogeneous pigmentation and central white scarlike patch | 30 (7.3%) | 10 (7.7%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Peripheral homogeneous pigmentation and central white network | 21 (5.1%) | 11 (8.5%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Atypical | |||||
| Multicomponent melanoma-like | 25 (6.1%) | 38 (29.2%) | 20 (20%) | ||
| Vascular tumor-like | 21 (16.2%) | ||||
| BCC-like | 6 (4.6%) | ||||
| Collision tumor-like | 5 (3.8%) | ||||
| Psoriasis-like | 3 (2.3%) | ||||
| Globules in scarlike area | 3 (2.3%) | 20 (38.5%) | |||
| Linear, irregular crypts | 14 (26.9%) | ||||
| Lentigo-like pigment network | 12 (23%) | 12 (12%) | |||
| Homogeneous blue-gray pigmentation | 3 (5.9%) | ||||
| Erythematous homogeneous area surrounding white patch | 2 (3.8%) | ||||
| Multiple scarlike structures with pigment network in a patchy distribution (atrophic) | 1 (1.9%) | ||||
| Central white patch | 42 (84%) | ||||
| Peripheral pigment network | 36 (72%) | ||||
| Globule-like structures | 22 (44%) | ||||
| Blood vessels | 22 (44%) | ||||
| Central pink hue or vascular blush | 5 (10%) | ||||
| Peripheral diffuse pink to red to reddish violet halo | 14 (28%) | 7 (7%) | |||
| Peripheral halo of brown pigmentation | 2 (4%) | ||||
| Zaballos et al. [17] (6 cases) | |||||
| Blue violaceous or red bluish homogeneous area with a white linear structure in the center and a delicate light brown pigment network with a few dotted vessels at the periphery | 4 Hemosiderotic dermatofibroma | ||||
| Blue yellowish homogeneous pattern with scaly surface in the center of the lesion surrounded by a yellowish homogeneous area at the periphery | 1 Hemosiderotic dermatofibroma | ||||
| Red brownish homogeneous area with a delicate light brown pigment network at the periphery with branched streaks and linear irregular dilated vessels in other central areas | 1 Aneurysmal dermatofibroma | ||||
| White ring around an ulceration | 6 (6%) | ||||
| Pink bluish pigmentation with vascularization | Aneurysmal dermatofibroma 7 (7%) | ||||
| Pigment network with a ring around follicular openings | Hemosiderotic dermatofibroma 2 (2%) | ||||
| Discreet peripheral network and starlike white patch | 3 (3%) | ||||