title: [Who examines the oral mucosa during the total body skin examination?].
abstract: Using the example of a 72-year-old male patient, the following questions are posed to the reader: Who asks his patients: "Open your mouth please", "Please elevate your tongue", or who uses, if possible, his dermatoscope to examine a suspicious and reachable lesion of the mucosa? In this patient a bruise-like red tumor was found in the sublingual area but had completely disappeared by the follow-up after 6 weeks.  To protect the dermatoscope when it is used on the mucosa, it can be covered with plastic food wrap.
authors.affiliation: -, Seestr. 3a, 78464, Konstanz, Deutschland. a.blum@derma.de
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*