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. 2017 Jul 31;7(3):60-62.
doi: 10.5826/dpc.0703a13. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Dermoscopic rainbow pattern in blue nevus

Tuğba K Uzunçakmak  1 , Seyma Ozkanli  2 , Ayşe Serap Karadağ  1
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Dermoscopic rainbow pattern in blue nevus

Tuğba K Uzunçakmak et al. Dermatol Pract Concept. .
No abstract available

Keywords: blue nevus; dermoscopy; rainbow pattern.

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Competing interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) A 2 cm, asymptomatic, solitary blue-grayish nodule on dorsum of right foot. (b) A 2 cm, solitary blue-gray nodule on dorsum of left foot. [Copyright: ©2017 Uzuncakmak et al.]
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Dermoscopically homogenous blue-grayish globular pattern, scaly surface and striking color changes of yellow, green, purple and pink resembling the colors of a rainbow centrally. (b) Homogenous blue-grayish pattern without any vascular structures and yellow, green, purple and pink circles all over the lesion. [Copyright: ©2017 Uzuncakmak et al.]
Figure 3
Figure 3
Complete excision of tumoral lesion. [Copyright: ©2017 Uzuncakmak et al.]
Figure 4
Figure 4
Heavily pigmented melanocytes with dendritic processes the reticular dermis between collagen bundles (H&E x4). [Copyright: ©2017 Uzuncakmak et al.]
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