The dermatologist’s stethoscope—traditional and new application of dermoscopy

Citation: Zalaudek I, Lallas A, Moscarella E, Longo C, Soyer HP, Argenziano G. The dermatologists stethoscopetraditional and new application of dermoscopy. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2013;3(2):11. https://doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0302a11

History: Received: December 5, 2012; Accepted: February 15, 2013; Published: April 30, 2013

Copyright: 2013 Zalaudek et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Funding: None.

Competing interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Corresponding Author: Aimilios Lallas, M.D., Dermatology and Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Tel. 00390522295611; Fax. 00390697625822. Email: emlallas@gmail.com

Abstract

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive tool that is largely recognized and used in the diagnosis of pigmented and non-pigmented skin tumors. A steadily increasing number of publications on alternative applications of dermoscopy suggest, however, that dermoscopy aids also the recognition of skin manifestations in general dermatology.

Keywords : dermoscopy, skin tumors, inflammatory skin diseases, skin infestations, topical chemotherapy