Goulart Jacqueline M, Malvehy Josep, Puig Susana, Martin George, Marghoob Ashfaq A
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10022, USA.
Arch Dermatol. 2011 Jan;147(1):53-8. doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.387.
Education for patients on the technique of skin self-examination is important for improving the rate of early detection of melanoma. Strategies to improve skills in skin self-examination include the use of mnemonics to facilitate the recognition of melanoma features and photography to assist in the detection of change.
We describe 2 patients who used dermoscopy on their own initiative to help identify suspicious pigmented lesions during skin self-examination.
Dermoscopy has not yet been evaluated for patient use. We were intrigued by this concept and suggest that dermoscopy, with appropriate training, may improve the ability for early detection of melanoma in skin self-examination for select patients.
对患者进行皮肤自我检查技术的教育对于提高黑色素瘤的早期发现率很重要。提高皮肤自我检查技能的策略包括使用助记符来促进对黑色素瘤特征的识别以及利用摄影来辅助检测变化。
我们描述了2例患者，他们主动使用皮肤镜来帮助在皮肤自我检查过程中识别可疑色素沉着病变。
皮肤镜用于患者的情况尚未得到评估。我们对这一概念很感兴趣，并建议在经过适当培训后，皮肤镜可能会提高特定患者在皮肤自我检查中早期发现黑色素瘤的能力。
