Dermoscopy: The Essentials / Edition 3

by H. Peter Soyer MD, Giuseppe Argenziano MD, Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof MD, Iris Zalaudek MD

Overview

Dermoscopy: The Essentials presents the practical guidance you need to master this highly effective, more economical, and less invasive alternative to biopsy. Drs. Peter Soyer, Giuseppe Argenziano, Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, and Iris Zalaudek explain all aspects of performing dermoscopy and interpreting results. With approximately 30% new clinical and dermoscopic images, valuable pearls and checklists, and online access to the fully searchable and downloadable text, you’ll have everything you need to diagnose earlier and more accurately.

• Avoid diagnostic pitfalls through pearls that explain how to accurately use dermoscopy and highlight common mistakes.
• Master all aspects of performing dermoscopy and interpreting the results with easy-to-use "traffic light" systems and checklists for quick and effective learning.
• Gain a better visual understanding with approximately 30% new clinical and dermoscopic images that depict the appearance of benign and malignant lesions and feature arrows and labels to highlight important manifestations.
• Get better diagnostic results for less by learning how to successfully perform dermoscopy with this portable, to-the-point resource.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702068829
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	04/20/2020
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Argenziano’s main research field is the clinical diagnosis of melanoma and, particularly, the development of more accurate methods for the early recognition of melanoma. He is author of numerous scientific articles concerning dermoscopy for the diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions and early recognition of melanoma. He is also author of 3 books on the subject (two published by Elsevier, one by Springer). Dr. Argenziano is Secretary of the International Dermoscopy Society and is the Congress Secretary of the First Congress of the International Dermoscopy Society in Naples in April 2006 (www.dermoscopy-ids.org/). His research on melanoma is very well regarded in the field. Because he is both a researcher and clinician, most of his research is very translational and has worldwide adoption. Dr. Argenziano is also among the top 20 researchers by publications in melanoma as indexed by SciVal.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction: The 3-point checklist: The short, easy way to avoid missing a melanoma using dermoscopy

Technique

The 3-point checklist

Triage of suspicious pigmented skin lesions

Chapter 2 - Pattern analysis: Dermoscopic criteria for specific diagnoses

Four global dermoscopic patterns for melanocytic nevi

Diagnosis of melanoma using five melanoma-specific criteria

Diagnosis of facial melanoma using four site-specific melanoma-specific criteria

Four patterns for acral melanocytic lesions

Six criteria for diagnosing non-melanocytic lesions

Chapter 3 - Common clinical scenarios: Side-by-side comparisons of similar-appearing lesions that are benign or malignant

Introduction

Pediatric scenario

Black lesions

Inkspot lentigo

Blue lesions

Reticular lesions

Spitzoid lesions

Special nevi

Multiple Clark (dysplastic) nevi

Follow-up of melanocytic lesions

Lesions with regression

Flat lesions on the face

Nodular lesions on the face

Acral lesions

Pigmented lesions of the nails

Mucosal lesions

Differential diagnostic value of blood vessels

Amelanotic and partially pigmented melanoma

Dermoscopy tests

Further reading

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A portable guide to better diagnostic results through dermoscopy

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Patricia Wong, MD (Private Practice)
Description: This book presents hundreds of dermatoscopic color images of melanoma, nevi, and non-melanoma skin cancers. The objective is to teach readers how to recognize a skin malignancy by training the eye to scan for the major pertinent criteria. This is an essential skill for all dermatologists to master.
Purpose: The purpose is to teach readers how to use the dermatoscope to distinguish malignant from non-malignant skin lesions.
Audience: The audience is dermatologists and anyone in the medical field who wants to improve their diagnostic acumen in diagnosing skin cancers. The lesions in the photographs are ranked as to their potential risk of malignancy (low, medium, high). It would be helpful if the ranking and checklist of criteria were listed below the photograph rather than at the sides. I found it difficult to quiz myself when the answers were so prominently displayed adjacent to the photo.
Features: The lesions in the photographs are ranked as to their potential risk of malignancy (low, medium, high). It would be helpful if the rankings and checklists of criteria were listed below the photographs rather than at the sides. I found it difficult to quiz myself when the answers were so prominently displayed adjacent to the photos.
Assessment: The format best lends itself for testing readers' mastery of the material presented. Mastering use of the dermatoscope has a definite learning curve. Multiple resources are needed to become proficient. The book helps readers learn the main patterns of asymmetry, pigment pattern, and atypical color changes, but could improve its education on why certain findings are dismissed as "normal" or are not deemed as displaying significant asymmetry in color or structural pattern. There is apparently a range of deviation in asymmetry and mild pigment variation that is normal; however, the book could elaborate more on these normal variations. I would like to see a section where asymmetry is taught in more detail—perhaps by dividing the lesion into four quadrants and explaining what is considered acceptable and what is exactly meant by "symmetry" (since the majority of even normal pigmented lesions are not truly symmetric).

Doody's Review Service

"This book presents hundreds of dermatoscopic color images of melanoma, nevi, and non-melanoma skin cancers. The objective is to teach readers how to recognize a skin malignancy by training the eye to scan for the major pertinent criteria. This is an essential skill for all dermatologists to master."

-Patricia Wong, MD (Private Practice) Doody's Review Service

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