Table 1 ELM-based classification of cutaneous lesions and corresponding histology
From: The role of spectrophotometry in the diagnosis of melanoma
CUTANEOUS LESIONS | HISTOLOGICAL LESIONS |
|---|---|
Non-melanocytic lesions | angiokeratoma, verrucous nevus, pigmented basal cell carcinoma, seborrhoeic keratosis, angioma, keratoacantoma, solar keratosis, etc. |
Melanocytic lesions (without pigment network) | compound nevus, intradermal nevus, papillomatous compound nevus, Spitz nevus, blue nevus. |
(with pigment network) | junctional nevus, lentigo simplex, pigmented spindle cell nevus (Reed nevus), nevus spilus, cockarde nevus, atipycal nevus, melanoma. |
Other lesions | squamous carcinoma, trichoepithelioma, Becker's nevus, Ota's nevus, Ito's nevus, Halo nevus. |