A 75-year-old woman was referred for assessment of a facial lesion that had been present for 1 year. Dermoscopy of the lesion revealed an absence of pigment network, linear and branching red blood vessels, ulceration, and multiple blue-gray globules, which are features characteristic of basal cell carcinoma.

1. Basal cell carcinoma.
Dermoscopy
F. Peral Rubio, M.D.
Department of Dermatology
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
Seville, Spain

2. Basal cell carcinoma.
Dermoscopy
 A 75-years-old woman.
 The patient was referred to us for the
assessment of a lesion on the face 1
year previously.

4. Basal cell carcinoma.
Dermoscopy
Dermoscopy

5. Basal cell carcinoma.
Dermoscopy
The dermoscopic features of this
basal cell carcinoma include:
 Absence of pigment network
 Linear and arborising (branch-like)
telangiectasia
 Ulceration.
 Multiple blue-grey globules.

6. Linear and arborising
(branch-like) telangiectasia

7. ulceration

8. Multiple blue-grey globules.

9. Basal cell carcinoma.
Dermoscopy
F. Peral Rubio, M.D.
Department of Dermatology
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
Seville, Spain

10. Basal cell carcinoma.
Dermoscopy
F. Peral Rubio, M.D.
Department of Dermatology
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
Seville, Spain