In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy is a novel technique which enables the visualization of the skin at quasi-histologic resolution up to the papillary dermis. Since the melanin and small organelles are a strong source of contrast, this technique revealed to be useful in skin cancer diagnosis. Through confocal microscopy it is possible to in vivo visualize the architecture and the cytology of a skin tumor. In melanocytic lesion, it is possible to detect aggregates of melanocytes at the junction and in superficial dermis and to distinguish between a regular benign proliferation and malignant cells in the epidermis and superficial dermis. It is also useful for the diagnosis of epithelial tumors, such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, and in the identification of benign epithelial proliferation, like seborrheic keratosis and solar lentigo.

In vivo confocal microscopy in skin oncology / Longo, Caterina; De Pace, Barbara; Piana, Simonetta; Pellacani, Giovanni. - (2014), pp. 65-71. [10.1007/978-3-642-32109-2_6]

In vivo confocal microscopy in skin oncology

LONGO, Caterina;De Pace, Barbara;PELLACANI, Giovanni
2014

Abstract

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy is a novel technique which enables the visualization of the skin at quasi-histologic resolution up to the papillary dermis. Since the melanin and small organelles are a strong source of contrast, this technique revealed to be useful in skin cancer diagnosis. Through confocal microscopy it is possible to in vivo visualize the architecture and the cytology of a skin tumor. In melanocytic lesion, it is possible to detect aggregates of melanocytes at the junction and in superficial dermis and to distinguish between a regular benign proliferation and malignant cells in the epidermis and superficial dermis. It is also useful for the diagnosis of epithelial tumors, such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, and in the identification of benign epithelial proliferation, like seborrheic keratosis and solar lentigo.
2014
Non Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in Clinical Dermatology
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32109-2
9783642321085
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
In vivo confocal microscopy in skin oncology / Longo, Caterina; De Pace, Barbara; Piana, Simonetta; Pellacani, Giovanni. - (2014), pp. 65-71. [10.1007/978-3-642-32109-2_6]
Longo, Caterina; De Pace, Barbara; Piana, Simonetta; Pellacani, Giovanni
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