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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017 Dec 18;32(9):1450–1455. doi: 10.1111/jdv.14712

Table 2.

Dermoscopy Pattern for Clinically Followed versus Biopsied Lesions

Pattern Followed (n=73) Biopsied (n=48) P-value
Parallel Furrow 21 (28.8%) 5 (10.4%) 0.02
Lattice-like 14 (19.2%) 6 (12.5%) 0.33
Regular Fibrillar 4 (5.5%) 10 (20.8%) 0.01
Reticular 3 (4.1%) 1 (2.1%) 0.54
Globular 5 (6.8%) 3 (6.3%) 0.90
Homogeneous 4 (5.5%) 3 (6.3%) 0.86
Non-typical 19 (26.0%) 12 (25.0%) 0.90
Parallel Ridge 0 (0%) 5 (10.4%) 0.01
Multi-component 3 (4.1%) 3 (6.3%) 0.60

Diameter of Biopsied Benign Nevi versus Biopsied Melanoma
Mean Size (mm) Range (mm) P-value

Melanoma (n=5) 12.0 (SD=15.7) 4.0-40.0 0.25
Benign Nevi (n=43) 5.2 (SD=2.8) 1.5-15.0