In the absence of an insect body, the diagnostic dermoscopic features of tick bites in the patient included a puncture hole in the tick-bite lesion located at the center of an erythematous area, along with linear-to-irregular white exfoliating imprints consistent with chelicerae.
Keywords: dermoscopy; mouthparts; pathology; tick bites; tick removal.
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