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Subpatterns of Melanoma—Degrees of Malignancy

Giuseppe Argenziano, MD; Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:406.

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There appears to be a gradient in the severity of dysplastic (atypical/Clark) nevi. This gradient also appears to continue through early melanomas and may be represented by the complexity of dermoscopic patterns. The lesions presented are from the back of a 37-year-old woman revealing a predominant brown reticular pattern with prominent but regular network and an asymmetric area of regression (Figure 1); the back of a 55-year-old man exhibiting an asymmetric reticular pattern with atypical network and multiple areas of regression (Figure 2); the thigh of a 33-year-old man showing asymmetry of colors and structures, atypical network, streaks, irregular dots/globules, and atypical vascular pattern in the center (Figure 3); and the back of a 64-year-old man exhibiting asymmetry of multiple colors and structures, irregular dots/globules, streaks, black blotches, milky-red areas, and large blue-white structures (. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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