Table 2.
Association between thickness and dermoscopic variables in patients with malignant melanoma.
| Variables | Thickness, % (n) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤1 mm (n = 59) | >1 mm (n = 60) | ||
| Pattern | <0.001 | ||
| Homogeneous | 0.0 (0) | 6.8 (4) | |
| Multicomponent | 27.1 (16) | 54.2 (32) | |
| Reticular | 52.5 (31) | 10.2 (6) | |
| Parallel ridge | 3.4 (2) | 5.1 (3) | |
| Outro | 16.9 (10) | 23.7 (14) | |
| Atypical pigment network/pseudo-network | 86.4 (51) | 51.7 (31) | <0.001 |
| Negative pigment network | 8.6 (5) | 0.0 (0) | 0.027 |
| Irregular dots and/or globules | 40.7 (24) | 36.7 (22) | 0.653 |
| Depigmentation/hypopigmentation | 27.6 (16) | 26.7 (16) | 0.911 |
| Striae/Pseudopods | 22.4 (13) | 15.0 (9) | 0.301 |
| Blue-gray veil | 28.8 (17) | 41.7 (25) | 0.142 |
| Atypical vascular pattern | 18.6 (11) | 65.0 (39) | <0.001 |
| White shiny lines | 1.7 (1) | 18.3 (11) | 0.003 |