Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography of cutaneous vascular lesions: Morphological assessment and histopathological correlations.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
; 2023 Apr 28.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Cutaneous vascular lesions (VLs) are benign or malignant processes involving blood and/or lymphatic vessels, usually readily diagnosed with dermoscopy. However, cases showing unclear clinical/dermoscopic findings may require further investigations. Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is a new, non-invasive imaging technique displaying high resolution and deep penetration. The aim of this study was to describe the LC-OCT features of the most common benign and malignant VLs and to correlate them with histopathological substrates.METHODS:
Clinical, dermoscopic, LC-OCT and histopathological images of VLs were retrospectively collected. Detailed LC-OCT description and histopathological correlations were produced for different types of VLs.RESULTS:
The study included 71 VLs belonging to 50 caucasian patients [31 (62%) females; median age 56.8 (30-83) years] study lesions included 25 cherry haemangiomas, 15 angiokeratomas, 10 thrombosed haemangiomas, six pyogenic granulomas, five venous lakes, four targetoid haemosiderotic haemangiomas, four Kaposi's sarcomas and two extraungual glomus tumours. LC-OCT detected increased dermal vascularity, assuming different size and shape according to the particular type of VLs. LC-OCT criteria correlated well to established histopathologic findings.CONCLUSION:
The results of our preliminary observations indicate that in vivo evaluation with LC-OCT may provide practical clues for the identification of the vascular nature of a lesion and its differential diagnosis.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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En
Revista:
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
Asunto de la revista:
DERMATOLOGIA
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DOENCAS SEXUALMENTE TRANSMISSIVEIS
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia