Do we still need histopathology when performing dermoscopy?
Dermoscopy is a non-invasive clinical method that is currently used to supplement the traditional clinical diagnosis, not replace it. With dermoscopy, morphological features that cannot be detected by the naked eye alone become visible. Therefore, dermoscopy opens up a new dimension of clinical morphology that can be regarded as the missing link between clinical morphology and histopathology. Nevertheless, when a pigmented skin tumour is excised, conventional histopathological examination is still recommended.
