This text will be an invaluable guide for all wanting to get up to speed with Dermoscopy, a quick and painless method of examining a patient's skin, hair, or nails, that has extended beyond screening for skin cancer to becoming a useful tool for quick diagnosis of a number of conditions and monitoring their treatment.
This text will be an invaluable guide for all wanting to get up to speed with Dermoscopy, a quick and painless method of examining a patient's skin, hair, or nails, that has extended beyond screening for skin cancer to becoming a useful tool for quick diagnosis of a number of conditions and monitoring their treatment.
Aimilios Lallas, MD, MSc, PhD, is a dermatologist at the First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloníki, Greece; he has published extensively on the use of newer technologies such as dermatoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy to investigate and monitor dermatologic disease and was General Secretary of the most recent World Congress of Dermoscopy. Zoe Apalla, MD, PhD is a dermatologist at the First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and has published and lectured extensively internationally on dermatopathology. Elizabeth Lazaridou, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor in Dermatology & Venereology and Head of the 2nd Department of Dermatology of the Aristotle University Medical School at the Papageorgiou General Hospital, in Thessaloniki, Greece. She serves as General Secretary of the Hellenic Dermatoscopy Society and Board Member of the International Dermoscopy Society and European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Demetrios Ioannides, MD, PhD is Professor of Dermatology at the Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Introduction to Dermatoscopy. Device. Basic Parameters. Light Modes. Bibliography. Nevi. Common Nevi. Spitz and Reed Nevi. Blue Nevi. Special Nevus Types. Bibliography. Melanoma. Conventional Melanoma. Nodular Melanoma. Amelanotic Melanoma. Bibliography. Benign Nonmelanocytic Skin Tumors. Epithelial Skin Tumors. Vascular Tumors. Tumors of the Fibrous Tissue. Common Adnexal Tumors. Clear Cell Acanthoma. Bibliography. Malignant Nonmelanocytic Tumors. Basal Cell Carcinoma. Keratinocyte Skin Cancer. Basosquamous Carcinoma. Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Atypical Fibroxanthoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma. Malignant Vascular Tumors. Bibliography. Inflammatory Skin Diseases. Psoriasis. Dermatitis. Lichen Planus. Pityriasis Rosea. Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea. Granulomatous Skin Diseases. Rosacea. Porokeratosis. Urticaria and Urticarial Vasculitis. Mastocytosis. Pigmented Purpuric Dermatoses. Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris. Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta. Prurigo Nodularis. Acquired Perforating Dermatoses. Grover's Disease and Darier Disease. Mycosis Fungoides. Lymphomatoid Papulosis. Bibliography. Infectious Skin Diseases. Parasitoses. Viral Infections. Other Infections. Bibliography. Trichoscopy. Noncicatricial Alopecias. Primary Cicatricial Alopecias. Trichoscopy in Children. Hair Shaft Deformities. Bibliography. Special Clinical Scenarios. Pigmented Macules on the Face. Diagnosis and Management of Spitzoid-Looking Lesions. Management of Patients with Multiple Common Nevi and/or Clinically Atypical Nevi. Seven Rules to Not Miss Melanoma. Bibliography.
