Il dermatologo e l'istopatologo: proposta di collaborazione

In the dermatological clinical practice it is quite frequent to biopsy a skin lesion for diagnostic, therapeutic or for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Nevertheless, the accessibility of the organ "cutis" not always turns out to be advantageous unless a profitable cooperation and an acurate flow of information between the dematologist and the patologist is performed. In fact, the patological image is not always so specific, making the knowledge of the clinical picture necessary to reach a correct diagnosis. Type, site, distribution, evolution of the dermatosis are all important data easier to find in an institutional context, while in the routine out-patient practice this dermo-patological dialogue is much more difficult. The module herein presented gives, especially in this context, a valid co-operation means in accordance between the dermatologist and the patologist in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy in the ultimate interest of the patient.