Dermoscopy in General Dermatology - 28/09/13

Doi : 10.1016/j.det.2013.06.008

Aimilios Lallas, MD ^a,^⁎ , Iris Zalaudek, MD ^a,^b, Giuseppe Argenziano, MD ^a, Caterina Longo, MD, PhD ^a, Elvira Moscarella, MD ^a, Vito Di Lernia, MD ^c, Samer Al Jalbout, MD ^d, Zoe Apalla, MD ^e
^a Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, Reggio Emilia 42100, Italy
^b Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, 8036 Graz, Austria
^c Unit of Dermatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento 80, Reggio Emilia 42100, Italy
^d Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento 80, Reggio Emilia 42100, Italy
^e State Clinic of Dermatology, Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases, 124 Delfon Street, Thessaloniki 54643, Greece

^∗Corresponding author.

Résumé

In addition to its traditional use for the evaluation of skin tumors, dermoscopy continuously gains appreciation in other fields of dermatology. The patterns of several inflammatory and infectious skin diseases have already been described, and dermoscopy has been shown to improve the clinical diagnostic performance in the daily practice. The increasing use of dermoscopy was significantly enhanced by the development of the new generation hand-held dermatoscopes that can be easily placed in every dermatologist’s pocket and do not require the use of immersion fluid. In this article, we provide an up-to-date summary of data on dermoscopy in general dermatology.

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Keywords : Dermoscopy, Dermatoscopy, General dermatology, Inflammoscopy, Entomodermoscopy