Table 1.

Dermoscopic findings of differential diagnoses

Differential diagnosis	Dermoscopic findings
Melasma	Light to brown color background with brown granules and globules with sparing follicles and sweat glands and pseudoreticular network
Lichen planus pigmentosus	Dots and globules in different hue like brown, black, grayish-brown in different patterns such as hem-like, arcuate, reticular
Exogenous ochronosis	Dark-brown globules, elongated, curvilinear worm-like structures conjoined together in reticulated pattern
Our cases	Irregularly arranged grayish-brown dots and globules, interspersed white areas, exaggerated in skin markings in net-like pattern, yellowish hue in-between areas, obliterated sweat gland openings, perifollicular atrophic areas