Accuracy of teledermatology/teledermoscopy and clinic-based dermatology for specific categories of skin neoplasms.

摘要

To the Editor: Teledermatology (TD) may be less effective than clinic-based dermatology (CD) for certain conditions. Previously, we reported that diagnostic accuracy of store-and-forward TD for pig-mented and nonpigmented skin neoplasms was inferior to CD. The analysis herein compares the accuracy of TD and CD for specific neoplasm categories and assesses the change in TD accuracy with the addition of polarized light dermatoscopy (TD + PLD) or contact immersion dermatoscopy (TD + CID).