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Maria Rosaria Zampino, MD; Alessandro Borghi, MD; Elisabetta Caselli, PhD; Monica Galvan, PhD; Monica Corazza, MD; Enzo Cassai, PhD; Annarosa Virgili, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(7):945-946.

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Increasing evidence supports the diagnostic accuracy of epiluminescence microscopy (ELM) in the noninvasive diagnosis of mucosal pigmented lesions.¹ In everyday clinical practice, routine ELM examination of mucosal lesions necessarily requires sterile instruments to prevent the potential transmission of infections between patients. Since sterilization of instrumental probes is usually difficult to perform, an adequate level of safety in routine dermoscopy procedures could be achieved by covering the instrument with disposable material.² Suitable material should be inexpensive, easily available, prevent contamination, and permit an unmodified view of the pigmented lesions.

The results of a previous study show that polyvinyl chloride (PVC) food wrap (mean ± SD thickness, 9 ± 1 µm) (Domopak; Comital Cofresco SpA, Volpiano [Torino], Italy) covering the dermoscopy probe with the interposition of mineral oil both between the glass plate and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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