Utility of the Wood's light: Five cases from a pigmented lesion clinic

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1039-1044

  Paraskevas, L R ^a   Halpern, A C ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Pigmented lesions; Wood's light

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 18944398398     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06346.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Wood RW. Secret communications concerning light rays. J Physiol 1919; 5 serie:t IX.
2. Asawanonda P, Taylor CR. Wood's light in dermatology. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38:801-7.
3. Anderson RR, Parrish JA. The optics of human skin. J Invest Dermatol 1981; 77:13-19.
4. Williams R, Williams G. Reflected UV Photography. Medical and Scientific Photography (online) 2002. Available at http://msp.rmit. edu.au/index.html. Accessed 2 May 2003.
5. Niamtu J. Digitally processed ultraviolet images: a convenient, affordable, reproducible means of illustrating ultraviolet clinical examination. Dermatol Surg 2001; 27:1039-42.
6. Mustakallio K, Korhonen P. Monochromatic ultraviolet-photography in dermatology. J Invest Dermatol 1966; 47:351-6.
7. Gilchrest BA, Fitzpatrick TB, Anderson RR, Parrish JA. Localization of melanin pigmentation in the skin with Wood's lamp. Br J Dermatol 1977; 96:245-8.
8. Chwirot BW, Chwirot S, Redzinski J, Michniewicz Z. Detection of melanomas by digital imaging of spectrally resolved ultraviolet light-induced autofluorescence of human skin. Eur J Cancer 1998; 34:1730-4.
9. Sterenberg HJCM, Motamedi M, Wagner RF Jr et al. In vivo fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging of human skin tumors. Lasers Med Sci 1994; 9:191-201.
10. Robinson JK. Margin control for lentigo maligna. J Am Acad Dermatol 1994; 31:79-85.
11. Kopf AW, Salopek TG, Slade J, Marghoob A. Techniques of cutaneous examination for the detection of skin cancer. Cancer 1995; 75 (Suppl. 2):684-90.
12. Fulton J. Utilizing the ultraviolet (UV detect) camera to enhance the appearance of photodamage and other skin conditions. Dermatol Surg 1997; 23:163-9.