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Table of Contents

1.Philosopy of Dermoscopedia

Introduction by the president of the IDS,  Introduction to Dermoscopedia by the founder of ISIC

2.Principles of dermoscopy

3.Dermoscopic equipment

4.Histopathologic correlation of dermoscopic structures

Differences between histologic and dermoscopic criteria,  Colors,  Dermoscopic structures

5.Terminology

Dictionary of descriptive and metaphoric terminology,  Definitions of metaphoric terms,  Terminology for vessel morphology and arrangement

6.Analytic approach

7.Two-step algorithm

Classic two-step algorithm,  Revised two-step algorithm

8.Non melanocytic lesions

Basal cell carcinoma,  Actinic keratosis / Bowen's disease / keratoacanthoma / squamous cell carcinoma,  Solar lentigines / seborrheic keratoses / lichen planus-like keratosis,  Vascular lesions,  Dermatofibromas,  Sebaceous hyperplasia,  Clear Cell acanthoma,  Rosacea

9.Diagnostic Strategies / Algorithms

Pattern analysis,  ABCD rule,  Menzies Method,  Seven Point Checklist,  Three point checklist,  Chaos and Clues,  TADA,  Prediction without Pigment,  Other diagnostic strategies / algorithms,  The color wheel approach

10.Benign Melanocytic lesions

Classification of nevi / benign nevus pattern,  Congenital nevi,  Dysplastic / Atypical nevi,  Benign nevus pattern,  Blue nevi,  Growing nevi,  Spitz / Reed nevi,  Recurrent / persistent nevi,  Management of nevi 4 x 4 x 6 rule,  Factors that influence nevus pattern (age, skin type, body site)

11.Melanoma

Superficial Spreading Melanoma,  Acrolentiginous Melanoma,  Nodular Melanoma,  Lentigo Maligna,  Amelanotic / hypomelanotic melanoma,  Melanoma on sun damaged skin,  Equivocal lesions,  False positive diagnosis,  False Negative Diagnosis

12.Special locations

Palms and Soles,  Nails,  Face,  Hair and Scalp,  Mucosa

13.Exceptions to the algorithm

14.Inflammoscopy

Lichen planus,  Psoriasis,  Dermatitis,  Pityrisasis rubra pilaris,  Porokeratosis,  Granulomatous skin disease,  Discoid lupus erythematosus,  Lichen sclerosus and morphea,  Urticaria and urticarial vasculitis,  Pigmented purpuric dermatoses,  Darier's disease,  Mastocytosis,  Vasculitis,  Mycosis fungoides,  Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma,  Juvenile xanthogranuloma,  Rosacea

15.Infectious skin diseases (Entomodermoscopy)

Parasitosis,  Viral infections

16.Vascular structures

Arborizing blood vessels,  Hairpin vessels,  Milky red globules / areas,  Glomerular vessels,  Comma vessels,  Dotted vessels,  Linear irregular vessels,  Polymorphous vessels,  Corkscrew / tortous vessels,  Crown vessels,  Strawberry pattern,  String of pearls pattern

17.Other Imaging techniques

Confocal Microscopy,  Electrical Impedance,  OCT

18.Diagnostic accuracy

19.Digital mole monitoring

Short Term Monitoring,  Long Term Monitoring

20.Teledermoscopy

21.Computer Assisted Diagnosis

22.Clues and tricks

Wobble sign,  Ink test,  Tape stripping,  Blink sign

23.Books and other resources

Books,  Online resources,  Other resources

30.Instructions for editors / authors

How to edit chapters,  How to upload and add images / figures,  How to add videos,  How to add links,  How to add references,  Video tutorials

31.Top rated chapters

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List of Authors

Luc Thomas, Teresa Russo, Natalia Jaimes, Ayelet Rishpon, Medhan, Giulia Calabrese, Thomas Paulo, Natalia Gaidash, Eric Pigeon, Teresa Deinlein, Jasmina Demsar, Orit Markowitz, Tano Tano, Allan Halpern, Adele Rakosi, Amalia Ciobanu, Florentia Dimitriou, Susana Puig, Katie Lee, Brady Bleicher, Konstantinos Liopyris, Isabella Baltazar, Laurent Berger, Ralph P. Braun, Lidia Rudnicka, Ashfaq A. Marghoob, Veronica Di Brizzi, Sarah Utz, Amélie Boespflug, Michael Kunz, Wilhelm Stolz, Olga Simionescu, John Paoli, Shamir Geller, Harald Kittler, Ignacio Gómez Martín, Giuseppe Argenziano, Maggie Oliviero, Jon Diernaes, Aksana Marozava, Olivier Gaide, Roman Yaremkevych, Patricia Lowe, Beatriz Armand, Aimilios Lallas, Brian Helba, Johanna Mangana, Alina De Rosa, Cliff Rosendahl, Pedro Zaballos, E C, Christina, Andreas Blum, Maria Del Pilar Avellaneda, Rainer Hofmann, Adam Norberg, Stephanie Nouveau, Dilip Kumar, Rosario Peralta, Giovanni Pellacani, Harold Rabinovitz, Katrin Kerl, Ioana Man, Sabine Ludwig, Josep Malvehy, H. Peter Soyer, Aadi Kalloo, Iris Zalaudek, Scott Menzies, Alon Scope, Philipp Tschandl, Janaina Cunha, Shereen Taha, Horacio Cabo, Andréanne Waddell, Karsten Hoffmeyer

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Dermoscopic equipment	released	Apr 17, 2018 - 07:48
Granuloma annulare	released	Mar 8, 2018 - 10:08
Rosacea	open	Mar 8, 2018 - 08:39
Rosacea	released	Mar 8, 2018 - 08:38
Inflammoscopy	released	Mar 8, 2018 - 08:37
Two-step algorithm	released	Mar 7, 2018 - 20:35
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