Disease relevance of Dermoscopy

• Preoperative assessment of melanoma thickness by ABCD score of dermatoscopy [1].
• Persistent nevus: an exception to the ABCD rule of dermoscopy [2].
• Lessons on dermoscopy: case #9. Congenital melanocytic nevus [3].
• We describe the value of epiluminescent dermoscopy of tinea nigra plantaris compared with other common diagnostic tools and procedures available (clinical appearance, potassium hydroxide [KOH], culture, culture mount preparation, and biopsy) [4].

High impact information on Dermoscopy

• With the help of computer technology, digital dermatoscopy systems have entered the diagnostic arena capable of accurately assessing skin surface features modeled along the ABCD criteria already used for clinical assessment of pigmented skin lesions [5].
• Images of naevi identified by clinical examination or by total dermoscopy as having dermoscopic aspects characteristic of a suspicious lesion, i.e. necessitating either surgical excision or follow-up examinations, were separately recorded, classified and described employing the ABCD rule of dermoscopy and the seven-point checklist [6].
• Specific dermoscopy patterns and amplifications of the cyclin D1 gene to define histopathologically unrecognizable early lesions of acral melanoma in situ [7].
• Dermoscopy of disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis [8].
• Modified ABC-point list of dermoscopy: A simplified and highly accurate dermoscopic algorithm for the diagnosis of cutaneous melanocytic lesions [9].

Biological context of Dermoscopy

• OBJECTIVES: To investigate the diagnostic performance of three different methods, i.e. classic pattern analysis and two of the most used algorithms (the ABCD rule of dermoscopy and the seven-point check-list) when used by newly trained residents in dermatology to diagnose melanocytic lesions [10].

Associations of Dermoscopy with chemical compounds

• We concluded that dermoscopy may help reveal the early signs of impending steroid-induced atrophy ("red lines") before they become clinically evident with the naked eye and before the atrophy becomes permanent [11].

Gene context of Dermoscopy

• METHODS: We evaluated digital dermoscopic images of 23 EB naevi from 11 patients with EB and analysed these pigmented lesions according to pattern analysis, ABCD rule of dermoscopy and the seven-point checklist [12].
• DESIGN: Digital surface microscopic (oil epiluminescence microscopy, and dermoscopy) images of clinically melanocytic lesions were taken with a color calibrated 3 CCD video instrument [13].
• Dermoscopy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis [14].
• Tele-education in dermatopathology of pigmented lesions: is dermoscopy a valuable tool [15]?
• Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions (Part II) [16].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Dermoscopy

• CONCLUSIONS: Dermoscopy in EV tumors correlated with histopathologic findings and improved the differential diagnosis of tumors in this disease [14].

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