Dr Ben Esdaile
Consultant Dermatologist
MBBS (Hons) BSc MRCP
Cerebriform stuctures:
These structures look like the surface of the brain and are formed from the ridges and sulci of the surface of a seborrhoeic keratosis.
Moth-eaten borders:
As the names suggests, this appears as a ragged border and is classically seen in solar lentigos.
Lacunes:
These are 'lake-like' structures usually seen in vascular lesions. They are homogenous 'blobs' of pigment usually round are represent dilated blood vessels usually found in haemangiomas.
Blue-grey ovoid nests:
These are seen as well circumscribed clumps of blue-grey nests and represent histologically clumps of dermal pigmented BCC.
Dermoscopic structures (III)
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The moth-eaten border of a solar lentigo.
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Blue-grey ovoid nests in a pigmented BCC.
The blue lacunes of a haemangioma.
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Cerebriform structures of a seborrhoeic keratosis.