Dermoscopy of Common Inflammatory Disorders - 27/09/18

Doi : 10.1016/j.det.2018.05.003

Dimitrios Sgouros, MD ^a, Zoe Apalla, MD, PhD ^b, Dimitrios Ioannides, MD, PhD ^b, Alexander Katoulis, MD, PhD ^a, Dimitrios Rigopoulos, MD, PhD ^c, Elena Sotiriou, MD, PhD ^b, Alexander Stratigos, MD, PhD ^c, Efstratios Vakirlis, MD, PhD ^b, Aimilios Lallas, MD, MSc, PhD ^b,^⁎
^a 2nd Department of Dermatology – Venereology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, Chaidari, Athens 12462, Greece
^b 1st Department of Dermatology – Venereology, State Clinic of Dermatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases, 124 Delfon Street, Thessaloniki 54643, Greece
^c 1st Department of Dermatology – Venereology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, A. Syggros Hospital, 5 I.Dragoumi Street, Athens 16121, Greece

^∗Corresponding author.

Resumen

In addition to its “traditional” application for the early diagnosis of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers, dermoscopy gains appreciation in fields beyond dermato-oncology. Nowadays, dermoscopy has been established as a reliable adjunctive tool to the everyday clinical practice of general dermatology. Morphology and distribution of vascular structures, background colors, follicular abnormalities, and the presence of scales are important features that should be evaluated. Clinical examination remains the undoubted mainstay of diagnosis in inflammatory and infectious diseases.

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Keywords : Dermoscopy, General dermatology, Inflammoscopy, Inflammatory dermatoses, Dermatoscopy, Vessels