Abstract
Digital dermoscopy is a useful tool in dermatology, but the evaluation of large lesions is limited by the diameter of the dermatoscope lenses, thus requiring analyses of multiple separate photographs. We suggest the use of a digital image montage technique to create wide area digital dermoscopy (WADD) images, which provides a high-definition single-image broad dermoscopic view (Fig 1). Panoramic dermoscopyJournal of the American Academy of DermatologyVol. 88Issue 1PreviewTo the Editor: We read with interest the article from Dellatorre et al1 describing a technique to create wide-area dermoscopic images. We propose panoramic dermoscopy as a quick and easily available alternative: the panorama mode (or similar) in the camera app of a smartphone attached to a handheld dermoscope can be used to build panoramic dermoscopic pictures. We recently described this method in the frontal hairline of patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia.2 Full-Text PDF
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