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. 2018 May 10;5(1):MMT04. doi: 10.2217/mmt-2018-0001

Table 7. . Reflectance confocal microscopy features of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.

Layer Feature Description
Suprabasal epidermis Large round pagetoid cells Round bright nucleated cells twice the size of keratinocytes in the suprabasal epidermis

  Epidermal disarray No recognizable honeycomb or cobblestone pattern

  Atypical cobblestone pattern Loss of normal cobblestone pattern with atypical cell size and/or refractivity

Basal cell layer and DEJ Nonedged papillae Loss of normal rim of bright cells around the dermal papillae

  Atypical cells at the junction Including cells distributed in sheet-like structures

  Follicular localization of atypical cells Atypical cells around the hair follicles

  Medusa head-like structures Elongated bundles, composed of atypical cells, extending from the hair follicles

Upper dermis Large nucleated cells in the dermal papillae

  Dermal nests Aggregation of cells

  Plump bright cells Bright refractive particles with no visible nucleus; represent melanophages on histopathology

DEJ: Dermoepidermal junction.