Utility of the Wood's light: Five cases from a pigmented lesion clinic Journal Article
| Authors: | Paraskevas, L. R.; Halpern, A. C.; Marghoob, A. A. |
| Article Title: | Utility of the Wood's light: Five cases from a pigmented lesion clinic |
| Abstract: | We demonstrate the utility of the Wood's light in a practice that specializes in the evaluation of pigmented lesions. The Wood's light assisted the physician in locating the site of a completely regressed primary cutaneous melanoma, determining the clinical borders of a lentigo maligna melanoma, differentiating between agminated naevi and a naevus spilus and detecting the recurrence of pigmentation after the excision of a dysplastic naevus, and also proved useful in monitoring a large segmental speckled atypical lentiginous naevus for change. Despite the availability of many 'high-tech' imaging and diagnostic devices designed to evaluate skin lesions, the relatively simple Wood's lamp continues to be of great value. We encourage physicians not to abandon the use of the Wood's light in their clinical practice. © 2005 British Association of Dermatologists. |
| Keywords: | adolescent; adult; clinical article; aged; middle aged; ultraviolet radiation; clinical practice; melanoma; skin defect; skin neoplasms; malignant lentigo; diagnosis, differential; hutchinson's melanotic freckle; nevus, pigmented; dysplastic nevus; ultraviolet rays; pigment disorder; dysplastic nevus syndrome; pigmented lesions; wood's light; neoplasm regression, spontaneous |
| Journal Title: | British Journal of Dermatology |
| Volume: | 152 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0963 |
| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing |
| Date Published: | 2005-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 1039 |
| End Page: | 1044 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06346.x |
| PUBMED: | 15888167 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 19" - "Export Date: 24 October 2012" - "CODEN: BJDEA" - "Source: Scopus" |
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