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Saturday 21 June 2014





A 28-year-old woman consulted for this lesion on her right arm.


 Clinical picture


Dermoscopic picture



Dermoscopy revealed a targetoid lesion:

  • a central globular pattern (black arrow) in favor of a melanocytic nevus
  • a peripheral ecchymotic halo (red arrow)
  • a central hemorrhagic crust (yellow arrow)

This lesion was a hemosiderotic targetoid nevus.