Atlas of Dermoscopy

Dermoscopy increases diagnostic accuracy and enables the dermatologist to differentiate between those lesions that have specific features indicative of early melanoma and require excising and those that are benign.

Covering the newest tool for early recognition of melanoma and suspicious precursor lesions, this atlas provides a concise and practical guide that can be used as a tutorial for learning dermoscopy or as a quick reference that can be used during the clinical evaluation of a particular lesion. This comprehensive work containing over 400 colour illustrations covers the most important melanocytic, non-melanocytic, benign and malignant pigmented skin lesions, including basal cell carcinoma, solar lentigo, seborrheic keratosis, melanocytic nevus, blue nevus and Spitz and Reed nevi. Methods of differentiating between melanoma and non-melanoma are also described. The editors have included sections on the latest uses of dermoscopy (scabies, paronychial capillaries and vascular aspects of cutaneous diseases), special location use and computer-assisted diagnosis

The Atlas of Dermoscopy is a concise and practical guide that is essential reading for all practicing clinical dermatologists, dermatology residents, family physicians, internists and any health-care provider wanting to learn more about dermoscopy.

Contents:

1. History of Skin Surface Microscopy and Dermatoscopy 2. Principles of Dermoscopy 3. Dermoscopy and Beyond: the Instruments. The Evolution from the Dermoscope to Computer Analysis of Dermoscopic Images 4. Histopathological Correlation in Dermoscopy 5. Differential Diagnosis of Pigmented Lesions of the Skin 6. Non-Melanocytic Lesions 6a. Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma 6b. Dermoscopic Patterns of Solar Lentigines and Seborrheic Keratoses 6c. Vascular Lesions, Hemangiomas/Angiokeratomas 6d. Dermatofibroma 6e. Pigmented Actinic Keratosis 7. Methods Differentiating Between Melanoma and Non-melanoma 7a. The ABCD Rule 7b. The Menzies' Method 7c. The Seven-point Checklist 7d. Pattern Analysis 7e. ABC-point-list of Dermoscopy 7f. The ABCD-E Scoring System and the Three-point Checklist 8. Non-melanoma 8a. Dermoscopic Features of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi 8b. Dysplastic Nevus (Atypical Mole) 8c. Benign Patterns of Clinically Atypical Nevi 8d Dermoscopic Features of Common Melanocytic Nevi of the Junctional, Compound and Dermal Type 8e. Blue Nevus/Combined Nevus 8f. Spitz and Reed Nevi 8g. Recurrent (Persistent) Nevi 9. Melanoma 9a Superficial Spreading Melanoma 9b Acrolentiginous Melanoma 9c. Nodular Melanoma 9d. Lentigo Maligna Melanoma 9e. Diagnosis of Amelanotic Melanoma by Dermoscopy: the Importance of Vascular Structures 9f. Breslow Depth Prediction by Dermoscopy 10. Special Locations 10a. Pigmented Nevi of the Palms and Soles 10b. Dermoscopy on the Face 10c. Dermoscopic Examination of Melanonychia Striata 11. Other Uses 11a. Other Uses of Dermoscopy 11b. Nailfold Capillaries 12. Diagnostic Accuracy of Demoscopy/Dermatoscopy 13. Computer-assisted Diagnosis of Pigmented Skin Lesions 14. Automated Diagnosis: Illustrated by the MelaFind® System 15. Teledermoscopy 16. Follow-up of Melanocytic Skin Lesions with Digital Dermoscopy 17. A Guide Through the Maze of the World Wide Web