Blue nevus with a starburst pattern on dermoscopy

• Main Authors: Takeo Shiga (Author), Kimiko Nakajima (Author), Masahito Tarutani (Author), Miki Izumi (Author), Masaru Tanaka (Author), Shigetoshi Sano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mattioli1885, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An 11-year-old girl presented to our department with a blue-gray papule approximately 4 mm in diameter. We suspected that it was a blue nevus or a pigmented Reed/Spitz nevus. On dermoscopic observation, the lesion showed homogeneous black-bluish pigmentation. This dermoscopic feature was suggestive...