title: Diascopy: a clinical technique for the diagnosis of vascular lesions.
abstract: Dentists can quickly determine the vascular nature of many intraoral lesions by applying a clinical test for blanchability. Such a clinical test is called a diascopy. Described here are the circumstances in which diascopy can be used in a dental practice and what useful information is provided by performing diascopy on oral mucosal lesions.
authors: University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, USA.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Rudd
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Eversole
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011312:Pressure; D011693:Purpura / Q000175:diagnosis