Importancia del seguimiento de lesiones melanocíticas con dermatoscopia digital para el diagnóstico temprano de melanoma / Importance of monitoring melanocytic lesions with digital dermatoscopy for diagnosis early melanoma
Rev. Hosp. Ital. B. Aires (2004)
; 38(3): 105-109, sept. 2018. ilus., tab.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1022809
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RESUMEN
La dermatoscopia digital es una herramienta que permite el diagnóstico de melanomas en estadios tempranos, por medio del seguimiento de las lesiones pigmentarias a largo plazo. Se comunican tres casos de pacientes con alto riesgo de melanoma, en los cuales âa través del seguimiento con dermatoscopia digitalâ se realizó el diagnóstico de la enfermedad mediante la detección de cambios morfológicos, arquitecturales y de pigmentación de las lesiones estudiadas. (AU)
ABSTRACT
Digital dermoscopy is a tool that allows the early diagnosis of melanomas, through the long-term follow up of pigmentary skin lesions. We report three cases of patients with high-risk of melanoma, in which the diagnosis had been made by morphological, arquitectural and pigmentary changes observed by the digital dermoscopy follow-up. (AU)
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Goal 9: Noncommunicable diseases and mental health
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Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Dermoscopy
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Melanoma
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Nevus, Pigmented
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Screening study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. Hosp. Ital. B. Aires (2004)
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires/AR