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A 14-year-old boy presented a dark pigmented lesion on his lumbar area. Dermoscopy revealed a
homogeneous pattern with a bluish pigmentation. Rare
brown globules were found at the periphery. The lesion was excised and pathology revealed a dermal
Spitz nevus.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2y-obCcizawuOyGrbK_eCmRCHD9mORAL-dAzhlCHMG9FTHqbuvbYQs0wyZMgVnYVeTdPHWTbw4UtxTGabxEakSJ5_9-HZADDcM8up9glMm8xEYI0KWhn41MJeB2F0AB5pLcO8e11idQ/s400/fontaine+beranger2web.jpg)
Six dermoscopic patterns of Spitz nevus have been described:
-vascular pattern with dotted vessels
-globular pattern
-reticular pattern
-starburst pattern
-homogeneous pattern
-atypical pattern