Dermoscopy
Polarised epiluminescence examination of lesional skin, identifying white structureless areas, reduced follicular openings and altered vascular patterns that distinguish leprosy patches from vitiligo, pityriasis and dermatophytosis.
- Technology
- Clinical & Functional · Imaging
- What it measures
- Dermoscopic patterns (white structureless areas, reduced follicular openings and vascular changes)
- Developer
- Clinical practice
- Specimen
- None (clinical/imaging)
- Development status
- LDT with clinical validation
- Regulatory status
- CE marked
- Intended use
- Bedside discrimination of leprosy patches from vitiligo, pityriasis and dermatophytosis
- Main limitation
- Does not identify the cause and supports, rather than replaces, clinical examination.
- Linked publications
- 25
- TPP-1, confirming leprosy
- 58.5 of 100, partial alignment
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