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. 2021 Jan 6;157(2):1–9. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.5213

Table 3. Special Sites/Other.

Diagnosis or feature Round 1: positive response, % Round 2: positive response, %
Dermoscopic features of the face 96
Pseudonetwork pattern 92 96
Benign patterns of acral nevi 96
Parallel furrow pattern (with pattern variations including single line, double line, single dotted line, double dotted line)a 100 100
Latticelike pattern 100 100
Fibrillar pattern (soles only) 100 100
Homogenous pattern 88 100
Peas in a pod pattern (parallel furrow + globules on ridges) (congenital nevi) 96 100
Dermoscopy of nailsb
Nevus of the nail 96
Homogenous brown background coloration 92 100
Uniform band thickness, color, and spacing with parallel band configuration 96 100
Lentigo of the nail (melanotic macule of the nail) 96
Multiple thin homogenous gray lines (or single gray band) +/– gray backgroundc 88 100
Melanoma of the nail 96
Triangular shape of pigment band (band diameter wider at proximal end) 96 100
Pigmentation of periungual skin (micro-Hutchinson’s sign) 100 100
Brown to black dots/globules associated with longitudinal lines 92 96
Longitudinal brown/black lines with irregular spacing, width, coloration, or parallelism 100 100
Band width >3mm or >2/3 of nail plate widthb 69 88
Blurring of band bordersb,d 50 52
Subungual hemorrhage 96
Well-circumscribed red-black dots or blotches 100 100
Distal streaks of red-brown coloration (“filamentous” distal end) 96 100
Homogenous red/purple/black coloration without melanin granules 88 96
Onychomatricomab,d 46
Onychopapillomab,d 46
Other
Scabiesb 85
Delta-wing jet with contrail sign (small dark brown triangular structure located at the end of whitish structureless curved/wavy lines) 100 100
Trichoscopy (dermoscopy of the hair and scalp)b,d 65 46
Dermoscopy of mucosal surfacesb,d 65 39
Lichen planusb,d 65 35
Psoriasisb,d 54
Vasculitisb,d 46
Merkel cell carcinomab,d 58
a

Panelists voted to use this language instead of “parallel furrow pattern.”

b

Objective suggested by a panelist.

c

Panelists voted to use this language instead of “multiple thin homogenous gray lines +/– gray background.”

d

Objective did not reach consensus.