Dermatoscopy in Dermato-Oncology: Current State and Perspectives

Abstract

Visual examination of skin neoplasms remains a completely subjective method of diagnosis and requires instrumental confirmation, which is particularly relevant with malignant neoplasms. The review describes the diagnostic capacities and perspectives of dermatoscopy in dermato-oncological practice as a diagnostic method with an increasingly common clinical application. Success of dermatoscopy is evident from the modern publication corpus, with its high content referring to dermatoscopy as the main examination method in skin tumours. This diagnostic method is presently considered among the major tools for surface skin neoplasm imaging. Dermatoscopy enables an innocuous repeated spot examination of skin to monitor the tumour progression, clinical dynamics and treatment outcome. Modern dermatoscopy has facilitated both the reduction in surgical rate (provided a timely malignancy diagnosis) and progress in non-invasive treatment, such as topical drugs and photodynamic therapy.

Keywords

• дерматоскопия
• кожи новообразования
• базальноклеточная карцинома
• плоскоклеточная карцинома
• лимфома
• меланома