Case Report

Compound Nevus Mimicking a Seborrheic Keratosis: A Keratotic Melanocytic Nevus without Any Dermoscopic Criteria for a Melanocytic Lesion

  • Işıl Kılınç Karaaslan
  • Taner Akalın
  • Fezal Özdemir

J Turk Acad Dermatol 2008;2(3):0-0

Observations:

We report an exceptional case of a compound nevus in which none of the criteria described for a melanocytic lesion was observed on dermoscopy. The lesion was a keratotic compound nevus and this case demonstrated that diagnosis of a keratotic melanocytic nevus might be difficult both clinically and dermoscopically.

Keywords: nevus, keratotic melanocytic nevus, dermoscopy, seborrheic keratosis