Table 2.

Dermoscopic patterns assessed by dermatologists.

Dermoscopic Pattern	Definition
Hyperpigmented follicular ostia	Fine, irregular semicircles or double circles
Obliterated follicular ostia	Closed follicular openings
Rhomboidal structures	Polygonal lines forming rhomboids
Grey rhomboidal lines	Grey dots/lines arranged in a rhomboidal pattern
Slate-grey dots and globules	Grey dots/globules around follicles
Grey structureless areas	Homogeneous grey areas
Grey pseudo-network	Grey lines forming a pseudo-network
Light brown/dark brown pseudo-network	Brown lines forming a pseudo-network
Fine pigmented brown network	Thin brown lines forming a network
Atypical network	Irregularly arranged network lines
Circle within a circle	Dark circle within a hyperpigmented hair follicle
Irregularly pigmented globules	Dispersed brown/black globules
Dark dots	Black dots within the lesion
Pseudopods	Peripheral projections of pigment