E Cinotti, B Labeille, S Debarbieux, C Carrera, F Lacarrubba, A M Witkowski, E Moscarella, E Arzberger, H Kittler, P Bahadoran, S Gonzalez, P Guitera, M Agozzino, F Farnetani, R Hofmann-Wellenhof, M Ardigò, P Rubegni, L Tognetti, J Łudzik, I Zalaudek, G Argenziano, C Longo, S Ribero, J Malvehy, G Pellacani, F Cambazard, J L Perrot
BACKGROUND: Several dermoscopic and in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) diagnostic criteria of lentigo maligna (LM)/lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) have been identified. However, no study compared the diagnostic accuracy of these techniques. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy and RCM for LM/LMM using a holistic assessment of the images. METHODS: 223 facial lesions were evaluated by 21 experts. Diagnostic accuracy of the clinical, dermoscopic and RCM examination were compared...
January 17, 2018: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV