Dermoscopy: the essentials

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Dermoscopy: The Essentials presents the practical guidance you need to master this highly effective, cheaper, 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 50% new clinical and dermoscopic images, valuable pearls and checklists, and access to the fully searchable text online at www.expertconsult.com, you'll have everything you ne…

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Full title :Dermoscopy : the essentials / H. Peter Soyer ... [et al.].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier/Saunders
Place of Publication:St. Louis, Mo
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (247 p.).

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ISBN:0723435928, 9780723435921
oclc:on1141410468
LC Classification:RC280.S5

Front Cover; Dermoscopy: The Essentials; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: The 3-point checklist; Technique; The 3-point checklist; Chapter 2: Pattern analysis; 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

IntroductionPediatric 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; Index