Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

Ralph Peter Braun; Harold S Rabinovitz; Margaret Oliviero; Alfred W Kopf; Jean-Hilaire Saurat

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2001.11.001

Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Jan;52(1):109-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2001.11.001.

Authors

Ralph Peter Braun¹, Harold S Rabinovitz, Margaret Oliviero, Alfred W Kopf, Jean-Hilaire Saurat

Affiliation

¹ Pigmented Skin Lesion Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland. braun@melanoma.ch <braun@melanoma.ch>

PMID: 15627088
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2001.11.001

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.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Dermoscopy*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Melanoma / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Pigmentation

Grants and funding

5P30-CA-16087/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States