Not all polarized-light dermatoscopes may display diagnostically critical polarizing-specific features

Not all polarized-light dermatoscopes may display diagnostically critical polarizing-specific features

Authors

  • Chin Whybrew GP, Stoke Road Surgery, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK
  • Pawel Pietkiewicz General and Oncological Surgery Clinic I, Greater Poland Cancer Center, Poznan, Poland
  • Ihor Kohut Skin Health Center, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • Justin C Chia Division of Dermatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Bengu Nisa Akay Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-1666
  • Cliff Rosendahl General Practice Clinical Unit, Medical School, The University of Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Keywords:

Dermoscopy, Dermatoscopy, Shiny white structures, Polarizing-specific white lines

Author Biography

Bengu Nisa Akay, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology

Department of Dermatology
Medicine Faculty
Ankara University
Turkey

References

Benvenuto-Andrade C, Dusza SW, Agero ALC, Scope A, Rajadhyaksha M, Halpern AC, et al. Differences Between Polarized Light Dermoscopy and Immersion Contact Dermoscopy for the Evaluation of Skin Lesions. Arch Dermatol 2007;143(3):329-38.

Pan Y, Gareau DS, Scope A, Rajadhyaksha M, Mullani NA, Marghoob AA. Polarized and Nonpolarized Dermoscopy: The Explanation for the Observed Differences. Arch Dermatol 2008;144(6):828-9.

Rosendahl C MA. Dermatoscopy and Skin Cancer. Banbury. UK.: SCION; 2019. Pages 9-10

Williams NM, Rojas KD, Reynolds JM, Kwon D, Shum-Tien J, Jaimes N. Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy of Dermoscopic Structures and Patterns Used in Melanoma Detection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA dermatology (Chicago, Ill.) 2021;157(9):1078-88.

Cohen YK, Elpern DJ, Wolpowitz D, Rosendahl C. Glowing in the dark: case report of a clue-poor melano

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Published

2022-10-31

Issue

2022 Vol 12, No 4 | October

Section

Research Letter

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Copyright (c) 2022 Chin Whybrew , Pawel Pietkiewicz , Ihor Kohut, Justin C Chia, Bengu Nisa Akay, Cliff Rosendahl

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Not all polarized-light dermatoscopes may display diagnostically critical polarizing-specific features. Dermatol Pract Concept [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 5];12(4):e2022250. Available from: https://www.dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/2441

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