Table 7. . Reflectance confocal microscopy features of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.
Layer | Feature | Description |
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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.