edited by
Ashfaq A. Marghoob
Ralph Braun
and Alfred W. Kopf
Atlas of Dermoscopy introduces dermoscopy and provides a guidebook for those who use it regularly in their practice.
Atlas of Dermoscopy can be used as a tutorial for learning dermoscopy, as a quick source during the clinical evaluation of a particular lesion, or as a general reference book.
Atlas of Dermoscopy is an up-to-date resource on what is considered by many to be the standard method for assessing pigmented lesions.
Features:
- Contains close to 400 figures, tables, and schematics that guide you through the how-tos of dermoscopy
- Covers important melanocytic, non-melanocytic, benign, and malignant pigmented skin lesions
- Stresses the dermoscope's role in prevention and early detection
- Includes sections on the latest uses for dermoscopy, including diagnosing scabies, evaluating paranychial capillaries and vascular aspects of cutaneous diseases
- Discusses differences in dermoscopic criteria depending on anatomical location uses and computer assisted diagnosis
- Provides insight on using dermoscopy for those with no dermoscopy experience
Contents:
- History of skin surface microscopy and dermoscopy
- Principles of dermoscopy
- Dermoscopy and beyond : the instruments : the evolution from the dermoscope to computer analysis of dermoscopic images
- Histopathological correlation in dermoscopy
- Differential diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the skin
- Non-melanocytic lesions
- Methods differentiating between melanoma and non-melanoma
- Non-melanoma
- Melanoma
- Special locations
- Other uses
- Diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy/dermatoscopy
- Computer-assisted diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions
- Automated diagnosis : illustrated by the MelaFind system
- Teledermoscopy
- Follow-up of melanocytic skin lesions with digital dermoscopy
- A guide through the maze of the World Wide Web
click here 
to see books • videos • cd-roms of related interest
