title: [Direct light microscopy of pigment tumors of the skin].
abstract: Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions are not always reliable. Incident light microscopy provides an interesting approach to solving this problem. For this investigation a stereomicroscope, a glass slide and immersion oil are used. The various in vivo criteria of this method, which go beyond the changes discernible by the naked eye, are correlated with the histopathological structures. Incident light microscopy opens up a new dimension of clinical morphology for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma, dysplastic nevi or non-melanocytic pigmented neoplasms and facilitates a more precise preoperative assessment of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie Graz.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Soyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smolle
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kresbach
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hödl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Glavanovitz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pachernegg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerl
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Zur Auflichtmikroskopie von Pigmenttumoren der Haut.