Ashfaq Marghoob, MD

Clinical Pearls: Dermoscopy

Ashfaq Marghoob, MD

Dr Marghoob, an expert in dermoscopy, provides us with key takeaway points from his workshop at Maui Derm NP+PA Summer…

  • Shiny white structures seen with polarized dermoscopy are important clues for malignancy
  • The key features seen in malignancy: dermoscopic asymmetry, blue-black-gray color, shiny white structures (includes negative network), and blood vessels
  • Never monitor palpable lesions unless you know for sure they are benign
  • Shiny white blotches and strands is a new criterion for BCC
  • The 2-step algorithm, pattern analysis, 3-step algorithm, chaos and clues and the AC rule can be condensed into the TADA algorithm.