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It is now widely accepted that the use of dermoscopy in the diagnosis of skin cancer is the gold standard of care. There is good evidence that dermoscopy improves diagnostic accuracy, reduces unnecessary operations and it has been shown to be superior to an examination with the naked eye. This part of the website will run through the basics of dermoscopy and then discuss the recognition of benign and malignant disease.

This section will go through the basic principles of dermoscopy and the different types of dermatoscopes available.

This section will go through some of the dermoscopic structures and how they correlate histopathologically.

 

Test yourself with some dermoscopic images.

 

This section will go through some of the other uses of dermoscopy.

other uses of dermoscopy

Dermoscopy

This section will go through some of the dermoscopic features of benign skin lesions.

This section will go through some of the dermoscopic features of malignant skin lesions.

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