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. 2012 Jul 31;2(3):0203a08. doi: 10.5826/dpc.0203a08

TABLE 4.

Positive predictive values for melanocytic lesion according to feature

Feature Absolute No No with wrong diagnosis Positive predictive value
Pigment network 380 69 (18.2%) 0.82
Aggregated globules 96 19 (19.8%) 0.80
Streaks 12 1 (8.3%) 0.92
Homogenous blue 8 1 (12.5%) 0.88
Parallel pattern 0 0 (0.0%)
None * 108 74 (68.5%) 0.32
*

“None” refers to the fact that, in the 2-step algorithm, all lesions without any non-melanocytic features are classified as melanocytic by default.