Dermoscopy News

In vitiligo, visualization and accentuation of lesions using blue light emitted from a smartphone was comparable to a Wood’s lamp and may be useful in resource-poor settings where a lamp is not available, according to researchers.

Handheld reflectance confocal microscopy with radial video mosaicing showed utility in mapping lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.

Study results reporting that nail findings distinguished patients with psoriatic arthritis from those with psoriasis without arthritis was among the top read articles in July on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Reflectance confocal microscopy was associated with high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing lentigo maligna, according to published study results in JAMA Dermatology.

Dermatoscopic patterns showed specific characteristics of nonpigmented and pigmented nonfacial actinic keratosis when compared with facial actinic keratosis, according to study results published in Dermatologic Surgery.

Survey findings that less than half of women assisted their husbands with skin self-examinations was among the top read articles in May on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Study results finding that most people incorrectly applied free sunscreen when it was provided at a state fair was among the top read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy can be used to distinguish between benign melanotic macules and lip melanoma, according to study results recently published in JAMA Dermatology.

Survey findings that less that less than half of married women helped their husbands with skin cancer detection was among the top read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Less than half of surveyed married women helped their husbands with skin cancer detection, according to results released by the American Academy of Dermatology.