Journal de dermatologie et des maladies dermatologiques

Dermoscopic Characteristic Structures of Melanocytic Lesions

Abstract

Chitu V, Zurac S and Tatu AL

Dermoscopy has recorded continuous development in the past decades. Both global and individual features of dermoscopic morphology that play an role in identifying melanomas have enjoyed particular attention by researchers. Dermoscopy has gained an undoubted place in the detection of early melanomas. This paper is a review of data existent in literature that approach of dermoscopic morphology features of melanocytic pigmented skin lesions. This work highlights such situations where these features may be found in non-melanocytic pigmented skin lesions thus inducing confused diagnosis.