Dermoscopy

Online continuing medical education designed for health professionals and students.

Learning objectives will be listed for each topic.

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Acknowledgements  

Developed in collaboration with the University of Auckland Goodfellow Unit in 2007.

Author: Hon A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2008.  

Images have been sourced from the following:

• Hon Assoc Prof Amanda Oakley
• The Department of Dermatology, Waikato Hospital
• MoleMap New Zealand (with permission)
• Dr Richard Williamson and coworkers (as indicated in dermatoscopic-histology page*)

Course contents

• Introduction to dermatoscopy
• Dermatoscopic features
• Three-point checklist
• Dermoscopy of benign melanocytic lesions
• Dermoscopy of atypical naevi
• Dermoscopy of malignant melanoma
• Dermoscopy of seborrhoeic keratosis
• Dermoscopy of basal cell carcinoma
• Dermoscopy of squamous cell carcinoma
• Dermoscopy of other non-melanocytic lesions
• First step algorithm
• Pattern analysis
• Other algorithms for melanocytic lesions
• The dermoscopy report
• Melanocytic naevi: new classification
• Dermoscopy of the nail
• Dermatoscopic-histologic correlation
• Blue naevus images 
• Globular (congenital) naevus images 
• Reticular (acquired) naevus images