Diagnostic accuracy of dermatofluoroscopy in cutaneous melanoma detection: results of a prospective multicentre clinical study in 476 pigmented lesions.

A ForschnerU KeimM HofmannI SpänkuchD LombergB WeideI TampouriT EigentlerChristine FinkC GarbeHolger A Haenssle

Published in: The British journal of dermatology (2018)

Dermatofluoroscopy is a safe and accurate diagnostic method to aid physicians in diagnosing cutaneous melanoma. Limitations arise from largely amelanotic or regressing lesions lacking sufficient melanin fluorescence.

Keyphrases

basal cell carcinoma
primary care
skin cancer
double blind
single molecule
study protocol
loop mediated isothermal amplification
mass spectrometry