Dermoscopy of Melanoma and Non-melanoma Skin Cancers

Front Med (Lausanne). 2019 Aug 21:6:180. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2019.00180. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

Dermoscopy is a widely used non-invasive technique for diagnosing skin tumors. In melanocytic tumors, e.g., melanoma and basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the effectiveness of dermoscopic examination has been fully established over the past two decades. Moreover, dermoscopy has been used to diagnose non-melanocytic tumors. Here, we review novel findings from recent reports concerning dermoscopy of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers including BCC, sebaceous carcinoma, actinic keratosis, Bowen's disease, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD), and angiosarcoma.

Keywords: Bowen's disease; Merkel cell carcinoma; actinic keratosis; basal cell carcinoma; dermoscopy; melanoma; sebaceous carcinoma; squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Review