Abstract
Dermatoscopy is a non-invasive examination method that increases the resolution of the human eye. The basic indication of dermatoscopy is the differential diagnosis of skin tumours, both melanocyte and non-melanocyte.
Dermatoscopc examination helps to increase diagnostic accuracy and certainty, but also to reduce unnecessary surgical excisions. The description and evaluation of dermatoscopic findings is based on the identification of individual structures and colours of the dermatoscopic image, their distribution and summery within the examined expression is monitored.
Dermatoscopic structures have their correlates in relevant histopathological findings. Digital dermatoscopy and whole-body photography are modern imaging methods that are used to archive and compare findings from different time periods.
Methods are used mostly in monitoring patients with multiple melanocyte nevi a nd an increased risk of malignant melanoma.