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Dermoscopy of skin infestations and infections (entomodermoscopy) - Part I: dermatozoonoses and bacterial infections.
Bakos, Renato Marchiori; Reinehr, Clarissa; Escobar, Gabriela Fortes; Leite, Leandro Linhares.
Affiliation
  • Bakos RM; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: renato@clinicabakos.com.br.
  • Reinehr C; Postgraduation in Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Escobar GF; Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Leite LL; Service of Dermatology, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
An Bras Dermatol ; 96(6): 735-745, 2021.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34620524
Dermoscopy is an essential in vivo diagnostic technique in the clinical evaluation of skin tumors. Currently, the same can also be said about its implications when approaching different clinical situations in Dermatology. A growing number of reports on dermatological scenarios and diseases have been published, in which dermoscopy has been of great diagnostic help. The term "entomodermoscopy" was coined to describe dermoscopic findings in skin infestations and also in dermatoses of infectious etiology. In part I of this article, the main dermoscopic descriptions of zoodermatoses and bacterial infections will be addressed. In many of them, such as scabies, pediculosis, myiasis, and tungiasis, it is possible to identify the pathogen and, consequently, attain the diagnosis more quickly and use the technique to follow-up therapeutic effectiveness. In other situations that will be described, dermoscopy can allow the observation of clinical findings with greater detail, rule out differential diagnoses, and increase the level of confidence in a clinical suspicion.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Skin Diseases / Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Skin Neoplasms / Bacterial Infections Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: An Bras Dermatol Year: 2021 Document type: Article Country of publication: Spain

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Skin Diseases / Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Skin Neoplasms / Bacterial Infections Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: An Bras Dermatol Year: 2021 Document type: Article Country of publication: Spain