Table 1.
Dermoscopic Findings of Differential Diagnosis of Lupus Miliaris Disseminatus Faciei
Disorder | Dermoscopic Findings |
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Sarcoidosis | Orangish areas with well-focused linear and branching vessels; white scar-like depigmented areas |
Granulomatous rosacea | Linear reddish or purple vessels arranged in polygonal network (vascular polygons) with diffuse or localized orangish areas |
Lupus vulgaris | Focal or diffuse orange areas with focused linear or branching vessels; milia-like cysts, pigmentation structures, whitish reticular streaks less commonly seen |
Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis | Multiple yellow tears and erythema |
Hansen disease | Diminished pigment network with yellowish orange areas in borderline tuberculoid spectrum; whitish yellow structureless areas with vessels in histoid leprosy; blanched erythema, follicular plugging, yellow-orange areas in type 1 reaction; increased erythema with dilated vessels in type 2 lepra reaction |
Present case | Ill-defined, structureless, perifollicular, yellow to orangish brown areas with white or yellow keratotic follicular plugs; few linear and arborizing vessels over reddish brown background |