International Skin Imaging Collaboration-Designated Diagnoses (ISIC-DX): Consensus terminology for lesion diagnostic labeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A common terminology for diagnosis is critically important for clinical communication, education, research and artificial intelligence. Prevailing lexicons are limited in fully representing skin neoplasms.

Objectives

To achieve expert consensus on diagnostic terms for skin neoplasms and their hierarchical mapping.

Methods

Diagnostic terms were extracted from textbooks, publications and extant diagnostic codes. Terms were hierarchically mapped to super-categories (e.g. 'benign') and cellular/tissue-differentiation categories (e.g. 'melanocytic'), and appended with pertinent-modifiers and synonyms. These terms were evaluated using a modified-Delphi consensus approach. Experts from the International-Skin-Imaging-Collaboration (ISIC) were surveyed on agreement

SUBMITTER: Scope A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12628860 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature