<p>This patient was referred with a lesion on the temple that was a BCC. When we took his shirt off there were many other lesions, the first was this shiny telangiectetic nodule on his left upper back. </p>
<p>This <strong>gelatinous</strong> looking lesion has very many <strong>arborising</strong> vessels in keeping with a BCC. Arborising vessels take on the shape of branches of a tree, and are sharply in focus. </p>
<p>The same patient had many other lesions on his back. There were many seborrhoeic keratoses but he also had <strong>several pink macules</strong>. </p>
Dermoscopy - Introduction, Terminology and Structures
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Dermoscopy Algorithm
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<p>The lesion above is circled on the picture of the patient's back. Dermoscopically the lesion has <strong>multiple brown clods at the periphery</strong> (circle) and subtle <strong>scattered arborising vessels</strong> (arrows) both of which are features in keeping with a BCC. All other pink lesions were also BCCs.</p>
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