Dermoscopy methods for the diagnosis of coloured skin tumours
(eg. moles and melanoma)

Dermoscopy is a simple clinical technique that enables detailed examination of the structure of coloured skin lesions. In expert hands it has been shown to improve the diagnosis of nearly all coloured lesions, including moles and melanoma. We have researched this technique for over two decades, and published many books, book chapters and journal articles on the subject.

Hand-held surface microscopes


Skin lesion viewed with the naked eye3

Skin lesion viewed with dermoscopy3
Here a much greater detail of structure within the skin lesion is seen. This enables significant improvement of diagnosis by the clinician.
3 This figure is from Menzies SW, Crotty KA, Ingvar C, McCarthy WH. An Atlas of Surface Microscopy of Pigmented Skin Lesions: Dermoscopy. McGraw Hill Book Co. 2nd Edition, 2002.

 

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