(3 votes)Editor: Anna Waskiel Burnat
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| Description | This chapter describes dermoscopy of hair and scalp (Trichoscopy). | ||
| Author(s) | Lidia Rudnicka · Anna Waskiel Burnat · Adriana Rakowska | ||
| Responsible author | Anna Waskiel Burnat → send e-mail | ||
| Status | unknown | ||
| Status update | May 22, 2019 | ||
| Status by | Ralph P. Braun | ||
This chapter describes dermoscopy of hair and scalp (Trichoscopy).
It has the following subchapters:
| Trichoscopic structures and patterns | Lidia Rudnicka, Anna Waskiel Burnat, Adriana Rakowska |
| Primary cicatricial alopecia | Lidia Rudnicka, Anna Waskiel Burnat, Adriana Rakowska |
The examination of [skin lesions] with a 'dermatoscope'. This traditionally consists of a magnifier (typically x10), a non-polarised light source, a transparent plate and a liquid medium between the instrument and the skin, and allows inspection of skin lesions unobstructed by skin surface reflections. Modern dermatoscopes dispense with the use of liquid medium and instead use polarised light to cancel out skin surface reflections.