Dermoscopic features of clinically inflammatory dermatoses and their correlation with histopathologic reaction patterns.

Dermoscopy can be used in diagnosis of some chronic inflammatory dermatoses. In this study, the single most recent, fully developed lesion in 74 patients with clinically inflammatory dermatoses was examined dermoscopically and correlated histopathologically with psoriasiform, lichenoid, or spongiotic reaction patterns. Vascular component (morphology and arrangement) was the most prominent feature in the studied patterns mostly in the shape of dots (45 specimens, 60.