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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy

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European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments

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The ultimate goal of early melanoma diagnosis is the detection of all melanomas, while minimizing the number of excisions of nevi. To achieve this goal requires the clinician to not only be able to identify specific melanoma features but to also recognize the distinct aspects of nevi. To complicate the matter, several pigmented and nonpigmented lesions are in differential diagnosis with melanoma. Besides melanoma diagnosis, clinicians deal with the overwhelming number of nonmelanoma skin cancer (i.e., basal cell carcinoma) for which a clear-cut diagnosis is warranted as well as a good subtype differentiation to choose the most appropriate treatment.

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  1. Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Caterina Longo

  2. Dermatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Giovanni Pellacani

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    Andreas D. Katsambas  & Clio Dessinioti  & 

  2. University of Rome “G. Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

  3. Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare Rigenerativa (CSRMR), Rome, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

  4. Unit of Dermatology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Angelo Massimiliano D’Erme

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Longo, C., Pellacani, G. (2015). Reflectance Confocal Microscopy. In: Katsambas, A.D., Lotti, T.M., Dessinioti, C., D’Erme, A.M. (eds) European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45139-7_113

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