Although dermoscopy was primarily designed to facilitate in vivo diagnosis of skin tumors, recent advances indicate that it is also useful in the diagnosis of common skin infections and infestations. As such, dermoscopy links the research fields of dermatology and entomology to a field of “entomodermoscopy”. In this article, we give an overview of current applications of dermoscopy in the diagnosis of warts.

Turmeric also known by the name of Golden spice or Indian saffron because of its yellow golden color and is native to Southeast Asia and Central [1]. While turmeric is a appetizing spice that is used in culinary but it has also conventionally been used in traditional ayurvedic medicine to cure inflammation, skin infections, wounds, gastric discomforts, liver problems etc [2,3,4]. The active constituent of turmeric is curcumin which exhibits therapeutic properties such as antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, pain reliever and healing agent [5,6]. Turmeric is available in either tablet, capsule, ground or powdered form in the market [7].

Eccrine porocarcinoma is an extremely rare malignancy of the eccrine sweat gland. It can either arise de novo or it can develop in a long standing eccrine poroma. It often occurs in the elderly, with the mean age of occurrence being 67 years. The tumour favours extremities, particularly the legs and feet. Dermoscopy is an invaluable technique in diagnosing skin tumors. Keeping in view its rarity of occurrence, we are here by presenting a case of eccrine porocarcinoma and especially dermoscopic characteristics which occurred in a 55 year old male in unusual location.