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Diascopy

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Diascopy is a medical procedure used to differentiate between vascular and non-vascular hematologic lesions. Diascopy uses a thin plate of transparent glass or plastic to compress a hematologic lesion. If the lesion blanches and loses its bloodlike color, then it is vascular. If it is non-vascular, then the lesion will not blanch when pressed....read more at Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • Petechiae and purpura are hemorrhagic lesions that diascopy identifies.1
  • Diascopy is also used to distinguish epidermal lesions from dermal nodules.1
  • Dentists use diascopy to determine the vascular nature of many intraoral lesions.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Merck Manuals: Diascopy
  2. ↑ BioInfoBank Library: Diascopy: A Clinical Technique for the Diagnosis of Vascular Lesions

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