Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions.
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.
Braun
Ralph Peter
RP
Pigmented Skin Lesion Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland. braun@melanoma.ch <braun@melanoma.ch>
Rabinovitz
Harold S
HS
Oliviero
Margaret
M
Kopf
Alfred W
AW
Saurat
Jean-Hilaire
JH
D000465:Algorithms; D046169:Dermoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012880:Skin Pigmentation