Color Atlas of Dermoscopy

Description

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive, widely used diagnostic tool that aids the diagnosis of skin lesions and is proven to increase the accuracy of melanoma diagnosis.

This colour atlas is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis of skin lesions and melanomas using a dermoscope.

Beginning with an introduction to the use of the dermascope, the following chapters teach clinicians how to recognise dermoscopic criteria, colours and patterns, how to diagnose different types of lesions and calculate diagnostic algorithms.

The finals sections cover related topics including entomodermatoscopy, inflammatoscopy, trichoscopy and capilaroscopy.

This highly useful resource is enhanced by more than 1000 clinical images and illustrations. 

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to diagnosis of skin lesions and melanomas using a dermoscope
• Teaches clinicians how to recognisedermoscopic criteria
• Coversrelateddermatoscopictopics
• Includes more than 1000 images and illustrations

Contents

1. Why Use The Dermatoscope 2. Structures, Patterns, Criteria And Colours 3. Vascular Patterns 4. Dermoscopy: A Two-Step Procedure 5. Non Melanocytic Lesions 6. Melanocytic Lesions 7. Melanoma Simulators 8. Combined Lesions 9. Special Locations 10. Diagnostic Algorithms 11. Dermoscopy Follow-Up And Total Body Photography 12. Revised Pattern Analysis 13. Entomodermatoscopy 14.Inflammatoscopy 15. Tricoscopy 16. Capilaroscopy 17. Reflectance Confocal Microscopy In Vivo 18. Chaos & Clues

Author information 

Horacio Cabo MD
Professor of Dermatology, University of Buenos Aires; Dermatology Specialist, Buenos Aires, Argentina