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Monday 4 February 2008

Basal cell carcinoma

A 70-year-old woman consulted for a black ulcerated lesion on her left groin.


Dermoscopy displayed:
- absence of pigment network
- ulceration (white arrow)
- large blue gray ovoid nest (double arrow)
-
delicate leaf-like areas (white circle)
in favor of a basal cell carcinoma