Dermoscopic island (DI) is a dermoscopic clue for the diagnosis of thin melanoma (MM). However, its positive predictive value is about 50% and several naevi with DI are unnecessarily excised. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a second level non-invasive imaging tool that increases diagnostic accuracy for MM.

Diagnostic accuracy of reflectance confocal microscopy for lesions typified by dermoscopic island / Figueroa Silva, O; Cinotti, E; de Almeida Silva, T; Moscarella, Elvira; Lallas, A; Ciardo, Silvia; Argenziano, Giuseppe; Pellacani, Giovanni; Piana, S; Longo, Caterina. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 1468-3083. - 30:(2016), pp. 1594-1598. [10.1111/jdv.13632]

Diagnostic accuracy of reflectance confocal microscopy for lesions typified by dermoscopic island

PELLACANI, Giovanni;
2016

Abstract

Dermoscopic island (DI) is a dermoscopic clue for the diagnosis of thin melanoma (MM). However, its positive predictive value is about 50% and several naevi with DI are unnecessarily excised. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a second level non-invasive imaging tool that increases diagnostic accuracy for MM.
2016
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Diagnostic accuracy of reflectance confocal microscopy for lesions typified by dermoscopic island / Figueroa Silva, O; Cinotti, E; de Almeida Silva, T; Moscarella, Elvira; Lallas, A; Ciardo, Silvia; Argenziano, Giuseppe; Pellacani, Giovanni; Piana, S; Longo, Caterina. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 1468-3083. - 30:(2016), pp. 1594-1598. [10.1111/jdv.13632]
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