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pearls from Dermoscopy The Essentials (Robert Johr et al)

 

for evaluating a nevus/ pigmented lesion to rule out melanoma:

•"clinically visible skin surface marking...a finding that we consider is never found in melanoma"

 

Dermatoscope pearl:

•the brain-like pattern fissures and ridges mimicking the gyri and sulci of the brain is diagnostic of seborrheic keratosis