Dermoscopy: Text and Atlas

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 book is a practical guide to dermoscopy for clinicians.

The text begins with an overview of the technique, how it links clinical dermatology and histopathology, the dermoscope, and pattern recognition.

The following sections provide in depth coverage of the application of dermoscopy and clinical features in the diagnosis of different dermatologic disorders, including vascular lesions, skin tumours, autoimmune dermatoses, pigmentary disorders, and much more.

The final chapters discuss dermoscopy in diagnostic dilemmas and in therapeutic monitoring, also providing a selection of algorithms to assist learning.

The text is highly illustrated with more than 500 clinical images and each topic concludes with a keynote message summarising the salient dermoscopic features.

Key points

• Practical guide to diagnostic dermoscopy for clinicians
• In depth discussion on use of the dermoscope, histopathology, and pattern recognition
• Covers numerous dermatologic disorders
• Keynote messages summarise salient points to assist learning

1.Dermoscopy: A Window into Epidermis and Dermis

2.Dermoscopy: A Missing Link between Clinical Dermatology and Histopathology

3.The Dermoscope

4.Recognition ofPatterns

5.Dermoscopic Dialogues

6.Color Concept through Dermoscopy

7.Papulosquamous Disorder

8.Infectious Dermatoses

9.Skin Tumors

10.Autoimmune Dermatoses

11.Granulomatous Dermatoses

12.Pigmentary Disorders

13.Disorders of Keratinization

14.Vascular Lesions

15.Dermoscopic Surprises

16.Miscellaneous Dermatoses

17.Dysplastic Nevi

18.Dermoscopy in Diagnostic Dilemmas

19.Dermoscopy in Therapeutic Monitoring and Follow-up

20.Algorithms

Index