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Scalp Confocal Microscopy

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Abstract

Scalp is a peculiar anatomical site because of the presence of hair, esthetical implications, and the “different” clinical presentation of some of the most common inflammatory and neoplastic diseases.

The possibility of a noninvasive visualization of scalp microscopy could be of great support for clinical management of patient. On the scalp, in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy has been already demonstrated to be useful for alopecia diagnosis and therapeutical follow-up. In addition, starting from the previous and spread experience on skin diseases, also skin tumors and other inflammatory skin diseases affecting the scalp can be examined and managed using in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy.

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  1. San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Via Chianesi, 53, 00144, Rome, Italy

    Marina Agozzino & Marco Ardigò

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

    Philippe Humbert

  2. Center for Study and Research on the Integuments, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

    Ferial Fanian

  3. Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

    Pierre Agache

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Agozzino, M., Ardigò, M. (2017). Scalp Confocal Microscopy. In: Humbert, P., Fanian, F., Maibach, H., Agache, P. (eds) Agache's Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32383-1_108

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