Basal cell carcinoma

A 72-year-old woman consulted for this pigmented lesion on the left side of her nose.

Dermoscopy revealed a non melanocytic tumor with:

• large blue ovoïd nest
• arborizing vessels (in the blue ovoïd nest)
• blue gray globules
• leaf-like areas

in favor of a basal cell carcinoma.

leaf-like structures

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