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Crystalline leaf venation: a dermoscopic clue for diagnosing granuloma annulare Volume 25, issue 4, July-August 2015

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1 The First Clinical College,
2 Department of Dermatology,
Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine,
155 HanZhong Road,
210029 Nanjing, China

To formulate a proper diagnosis using dermatoscopy, it is very important to interpret the relevance of pattern analysis, lesion morphology, colours, symmetry and other dermatoscopic features. “White shiny structure” is a dermatoscopic pattern that comprises variable morphologies under polarized dermatoscopy, including white patches, rosettes and white lines [1]. Among them, crystalline leaf venation (CLV) is a dermatoscopic pattern that was recently identified in lichen planus. CLV is defined as [...]