Dermoscopy of patients with multiple nevi: Improved management recommendations using a comparative diagnostic approach

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-49

  Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Catricalà, Caterina ^b   Ardigo, Marco ^b   Buccini, Pierluigi ^b   De Simone, Paola ^b   Eibenschutz, Laura ^b   Ferrari, Angela ^b   Mariani, Giustino ^b   Silipo, Vitaliano ^b   Zalaudek, Iris ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGY; NEVUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751470941     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.389     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Carli P, De Giorgi V, Crocetti E, et al. Improvement of malignant/benign ratio in excised melanocytic lesions in the "dermoscopy era": a retrospective study 1997-2001. Br J Dermatol. 2004;150(4):687-692.
2. Carli P, de Giorgi V, Chiarugi A, et al. Addition of dermoscopy to conventional naked-eye examination in melanoma screening: a randomized study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004;50(5):683-689. (Pubitemid 38580543)
3. Suh KY, Bolognia JL. Signature nevi. J AmAcad Dermatol. 2009;60(3):508-514.
4. Gachon J, Beaulieu P, Sei JF, et al. First prospective study of the recognition process of melanoma in dermatological practice. Arch Dermatol. 2005;141(4):434-438. (Pubitemid 40547401)
5. Haenssle HA, Korpas B, Hansen-Hagge C, et al. Selection of patients for long-term surveillance with digital dermoscopy by assessment of melanoma risk factors. Arch Dermatol. 2010;146(3):257-264.
6. Menzies SW, Emery J, Staples M, et al. Impact of dermoscopy and short-term sequential digital dermoscopy imaging for the management of pigmented lesions in primary care: a sequential intervention trial. Br J Dermatol. 2009;161(6):1270-1277.
7. Argenziano G, Mordente I, Ferrara G, Sgambato A, Annese P, Zalaudek I. Dermoscopic monitoring of melanocytic skin lesions: clinical outcome and patient compliance vary according to follow-up protocols. Br J Dermatol. 2008;159(2):331-336. (Pubitemid 352009843)
8. Skvara H, Teban L, Fiebiger M, Binder M, Kittler H. Limitations of dermoscopy in the recognition of melanoma. Arch Dermatol. 2005;141(2):155-160.
9. Robinson JK, Nickoloff BJ. Digital epiluminescence microscopy monitoring of high-risk patients. Arch Dermatol. 2004;140(1):49-56.
10. Scope A, Dusza SW, Halpern AC, et al. The "ugly duckling" sign: agreement between observers. Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(1):58-64.
11. Grob JJ, Bonerandi JJ. The "ugly duckling" sign: identification of the common characteristics of nevi in an individual as a basis for melanoma screening. Arch Dermatol. 1998;134(1):103-104.
12. Hansen C, Wilkinson D, Hansen M, Argenziano G. How good are skin cancer clinics at melanoma detection? number needed to treat variability across a national clinic group in Australia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009;61(4):599-604.
13. Kittler H, Guitera P, Riedl E, et al. Identification of clinically featureless incipient melanoma using sequential dermoscopy imaging. Arch Dermatol. 2006;142(9):1113-1119.
14. Argenziano G, Kittler H, Ferrara G, et al. Slow-growing melanoma: a dermoscopy follow-up study. Br J Dermatol. 2010;162(2):267-273.
15. Carli P, Chiarugi A, De Giorgi V. Examination of lesions (including dermoscopy) without contact with the patient is associated with improper management in about 30% of equivocal melanomas. Dermatol Surg. 2005;31(2):169-172.
16. Menzies SW, Gutenev A, Avramidis M, Batrac A, McCarthy WH. Short-term digital surface microscopic monitoring of atypical or changing melanocytic lesions. Arch Dermatol. 2001;137(12):1583-1589.