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Wednesday, 12 March 2014



A 41-year-old woman was examined for this lesion on her right thigh.



Dermoscopy revealed:

  • a multicomponent pattern
  • a reticular depigmentation  
  • chrysalis-like structures
  • polymorphous vessels including corkscrew vessels
Pathology revealed a superficial spreading melanoma with a Breslow index at 0.54mm