THE OPPORTUNITIES OF DERMOSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSTICS OF ACTINIC KERATOSIS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/1811-2471.2018.v0.i2.8910Keywords:
actinic keratosis, dermoscopy, histology, squamous cell carcinoma.Abstract
The diagnostics of actinic keratosis needs improvement.
The aim – to learn the dermoscopy signs of actinic keratosis in patients with different clinical forms of the disease, to conduct the analysis of the dermoscopy images.
Material and Methods. We conducted a clinical and dermoscopic examination of patients with AK who presented different dermoscopy signs at initial evaluation.
Results. The use and continued study of the opportunities of dermoscopy as a modern, informative, highly specific and sensitive method of non-invasive skin neoplasms diagnostics, including precancerous diseases and AK in particular, will give the possibility to diagnose with the high degree of reliability even on the patients’ counseling stage.
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