| Comma-shaped vessels | | Slightly curved vessels | Dermal nevi, congenital melanocytic neviA11 |
| Dotted vessels | | Red dots (0.01 to 0.02 mm) | Spitz nevi, early melanoma (dotted over milky-red background)A11 |
| | | Clark nevi (dotted over tan background) |
| Serpentine vessels | | Irregular linear/undulating short vessels | Melanoma, congenital neviA11 |
| Milky-red globules/vascular blush | | Ill-defined globules of milky-red color and ill-defined areas of milky-red color | Amelanotic melanomaA11 |
| Polymorphous vessels | | Combination of two or more vessel morphologies | MelanomaA14 |
| | Most common combination is dotted and serpentine vessels | |
| Corkscrew vessels | | Coiled and tortuous vessels | Cutaneous melanoma metastases, nodular melanoma, desmoplastic melanoma |