REVIEW   

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia 2018 February;153(1):43-55

DOI: 10.23736/S0392-0488.17.05777-7

Copyright © 2017 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

A review through the looking glass: new advances in dermoscopy

Brady BLEICHER ^{1, 2, 3}, Amanda LEVINE ^{1, 2, 3}, Michelle SCHWARTZ ^{1, 2, 3}, Orit MARKOWITZ ^{1, 2, 3} ✉

¹ Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA; ² New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NY, USA; ³ Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that facilitates the visualization of surface and subsurface structures of the skin. It has been proven to be an essential tool in the diagnosis of both malignant and benign cutaneous lesions. In this article, we review some of the most recent and noteworthy advances in dermoscopy. In addition, we discuss Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM) and Optical Coherence Topography (OCT), two non-invasive imaging devices that may be used alongside dermoscopy to improve diagnostic accuracy

KEY WORDS: Dermoscopy - Optical coherence tomography - Confocal microscopy