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In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Clinical Dermatology

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Abstract

Reflectance confocal microscopy is an innovative imaging tool that allows the analysis of the skin horizontally with a nearly histologic resolution.

It has been applied in clinical arena for the diagnosis of melanocytic and non-melanocytic lesions where it has been proven to increase greatly the diagnostic accuracy when coupled with dermoscopy. Beyond its application in skin oncology, confocal microscopy can be useful to delineate the overall aspect of inflammatory skin disease and infectious ones.

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Abbreviations

AK:

Actinic keratosis

BCC:

Basal cell carcinoma

DEJ:

Dermo-epidermal junction

MM:

Melanoma

RCM:

Reflectance confocal microscopy

SCC:

Squamous cell carcinoma

SSM:

Superficial spreading melanomas

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  1. Dermatology and Skin cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Caterina Longo

  2. Dermatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Giovanni Pellacani

  3. Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Salvador Gonzalez

  4. Medicine Department, Alcalá University, Madrid, 28805, Spain

    Salvador Gonzalez

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  1. Medecine Vasculaire Lab. Ingénierie et de Biologie Cutanées, CHU Besancon Service Dermatologie et, Besancon, France

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  2. San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard Maibach

  3. Department of Dermatology, Saint Jacques University Hospital, Besançon, France

    Ferial Fanian

  4. Univ. Besançon Dépt. Dermatologie, Besançon, France

    Pierre Agache

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Longo, C., Pellacani, G., Gonzalez, S. (2015). In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Clinical Dermatology. In: Humbert, P., Maibach, H., Fanian, F., Agache, P. (eds) Agache’s Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26594-0_38-1

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