The Australasian journal of dermatology
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Australas. J. Dermatol. · Feb 2019
Dermoscopy improves diagnostic accuracy for clinically amelanotic nodules.
Amelanotic nodular melanomas are notoriously difficult to diagnose and are responsible for a disproportionate burden of melanoma mortality. It is important to distinguish them from other amelanotic nodules. This study aimed to describe the dermoscopic features of a series of nodular melanomas and other amelanotic nodules and to determine whether dermoscopy improves diagnostic accuracy. ⋯ Dermoscopy improves diagnostic accuracy for amelanotic melanomas and other amelanotic nodules. Although dermoscopy improves diagnostic accuracy for amelanotic melanomas, these aggressive melanomas remain diagnostically difficult.