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. 2016 Sep 9;6(4):471–507. doi: 10.1007/s13555-016-0141-6

Table 3.

Summary of the dermoscopic clues of all the dermatological disorders considered, divided according to their clinical pattern (Part III)

Clinical pattern Acquired keratodermas (I) Acquired keratodermas (II) Sclero-atrophic dermatoses Hypopigmented macular diseases (I)
Dermoscopic clues of each dermatosis

Palmar psoriasis:

• Diffuse white scaling

Chronic hand eczema:

• Brownish-orange dots/globules

• Yellowish scales/crusts

Keratoderma due to mycosis fungoides:

• Relatively large, amber scales over a white-to-pinkish background

Keratoderma due to pityriasis rubra pilaris:

• Patchily distributed, homogeneous, structureless, orange areas

Tinea manuum:

• Whitish scales mainly localised in the creases

Palmar lichen planus:

• Roundish, yellowish

areas often having peripheral projections

Aquagenic palmar keratoderma:

• Yellowish-whitish well-defined globules

• Enlargement of the sweat duct pores

Morphea:

• Fibrotic beams

Lichen sclerosus:

• “Comedo-like openings”

• Whitish patches

Necrobiosis lipoidica:

• Yellowish-orange/whitish-pinkish background

• Comma-shaped (incipient lesions), network-shaped/hairpin-like (more developed lesions), or elongated, branching and focussed serpentine (advanced lesions) vessels

Extragenital guttate lichen sclerosus:

• See “Sclero-atrophic dermatoses”

Achromic pityriasis versicolor:

• Fairly demarcated white area. Fine scales in the skin furrows

Guttate vitiligo:

• Well-demarcated, dense/glowing, white area

• Perifollicular hyperpigmentation