title: Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions.
abstract: Dermoscopy is an in vivo method for the early diagnosis of malignant melanoma and the differential diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the skin. It has been shown to increase diagnostic accuracy over clinical visual inspection in the hands of experienced physicians. This article is a review of the principles of dermoscopy as well as recent technological developments.
authors.affiliation: Pigmented Skin Lesion Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland. braun@melanoma.ch <braun@melanoma.ch>
authors.forename: Ralph Peter
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Harold S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Rabinovitz
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliviero
authors.forename: Alfred W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kopf
authors.forename: Jean-Hilaire
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Saurat
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D046169:Dermoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012880:Skin Pigmentation