Dermoscopic patterns of melanoma metastases: interobserver consistency and accuracy for metastasis recognition. (8th July 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costa, J.; Ortiz‐Ibañez, K.; Salerni, G.; Borges, V.; Carrera, C.; Puig, S.; Malvehy, J.
• Is Part Of: British journal of dermatology. Volume 169:Number 1(2013:Jul.)
• Page Start: 91
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2013-07-08
• Subjects: Dermatology -- Periodicals; Skin -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.5
• DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12314
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-0963

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en" id="bjd12314-abs-0002"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <bold>What's already known about this topic?</bold> </p> <p> <list id="bjd12314-list-0001" list-type="bullet"> <list-item> <p>Dermoscopy helps to identify both benign and malignant lesions.</p> </list-item> <list-item> <p>In the literature, several dermoscopic features of cutaneous metastases of malignant melanoma (CMMM) are described.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> <p> <bold>What does this study add?</bold> </p> <p> <list id="bjd12314-list-0002" list-type="bullet"> <list-item> <p>We describe five characteristic dermoscopic patterns – blue naevus‐like, naevus‐like, vascular, angioma‐like and unspecific patterns – to help classify CMMM, obtaining good sensitivity and specificity between different readers.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </abstract>