TY - JOUR
T1 - Predominant dermoscopic patterns observed among nevi
AU - Scope, Alon
AU - Burroni, Marco
AU - Agero, Anna Liza Chan
AU - Benvenuto-Andrade, Cristiane
AU - Dusza, Stephen W.
AU - Rubegni, Pietro
AU - Bono, Riccardo
AU - Dell'Eva, Giordana
AU - Salaro, Cristina
AU - Marghoob, Ashfaq A.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Background: It has been clinically observed that patients' "normal" moles resemble each other. Whether this concept is applicable to dermoscopic practice has not been sufficiently studied. Objective: To investigate whether physicians evaluating dermoscopic images would identify common dermoscopic profiles of nevi within individual patients. Methods: Images of 205 nevi belonging to 18 patients were evaluated by 2 dermatologists for dermoscopic global pattern, color, and specific structures. We defined dermoscopic patterns as dominant if seen in ≥ 40% of the patient's nevi; a minor pattern was defined as 20 to 39%. Results: A dominant pattern was seen in 15 patients (83%). In 13 (72%) of the patients, ≥ 80% of the nevi were classified into one, two, or three global patterns. The reticular global pattern was the most prevalent dominant pattern, seen in 9 patients (50%); the homogeneous pattern was the most prevalent minor pattern, seen in 16 patients (89%). Conclusion: Individuals tend to have one to three predominant dermoscopic nevus global patterns.
AB - Background: It has been clinically observed that patients' "normal" moles resemble each other. Whether this concept is applicable to dermoscopic practice has not been sufficiently studied. Objective: To investigate whether physicians evaluating dermoscopic images would identify common dermoscopic profiles of nevi within individual patients. Methods: Images of 205 nevi belonging to 18 patients were evaluated by 2 dermatologists for dermoscopic global pattern, color, and specific structures. We defined dermoscopic patterns as dominant if seen in ≥ 40% of the patient's nevi; a minor pattern was defined as 20 to 39%. Results: A dominant pattern was seen in 15 patients (83%). In 13 (72%) of the patients, ≥ 80% of the nevi were classified into one, two, or three global patterns. The reticular global pattern was the most prevalent dominant pattern, seen in 9 patients (50%); the homogeneous pattern was the most prevalent minor pattern, seen in 16 patients (89%). Conclusion: Individuals tend to have one to three predominant dermoscopic nevus global patterns.
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U2 - 10.2310/7750.2006.00045
DO - 10.2310/7750.2006.00045
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C2 - 17234115
AN - SCOPUS:33847051318
SN - 1203-4754
VL - 10
SP - 170
EP - 174
JO - Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
JF - Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
IS - 4
ER -