[Improving clinical diagnosis of pigmented skin changes in childhood with the dermatoscope]

Monatsschr Kinderheilkd. 1991 Feb;139(2):110-3.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Prompted by the development of the lightweight, inexpensive and simple to use dermatoscopy, skin surface microscopy can now be applied in daily practice. The case reports presented here document the diagnostic improvement achieved with dermatoscopy in pigment skin lesions of children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Microscopy / instrumentation*
  • Nevus, Pigmented / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*