Dark pigmented lesions: diagnostic accuracy of dermatoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy in a tertiary referral center for skin cancer diagnosis.

Capsule summary:Dark pigmented lesions could be challenging based on clinical and dermatoscopic examination only. The integration of reflectance confocal microscopy of 370 dark pigmented lesions with clinical and dermatoscopic suspicion of melanoma, allowed to save 60.6% of unnecessary excisions while improving the number needed to excise
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Source Type: research