scholarly journals Preoperative Evaluation through Dermoscopy and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy of the Lateral Excision Margins for Primary Basal Cell Carcinoma

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Mihai Lupu ◽  
Vlad Mihai Voiculescu ◽  
Ana Caruntu ◽  
Tiberiu Tebeica ◽  
Constantin Caruntu

Complete removal of malignant skin lesions with minimal impact on the aesthetic and functional aspects is the ideal of every dermatologic surgeon. Incomplete surgical excisions and tumor recurrences of basal cell carcinomas (BCC) commonly occur due to the subclinical extension of tumor lateral margins. Presently, the lateral excision margins for BCC cannot be objectively assessed preoperatively, dermoscopy proving to be relatively inefficient in this respect. The question is whether BCC lateral excision margins can be precisely determined preoperatively through the use of complementary non-invasive imaging techniques such as dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), thus permitting the complete removal of the lesion in a single stage, estimation of the post-excisional defect, and planning an appropriate reconstruction, especially in medical centers where Mohs micrographic surgery is not available. We present the results of a prospective, histopathologically controlled study designed to determine the feasibility of preoperative, non-invasive, in vivo evaluation of the lateral excision margins for primary basal cell carcinoma, through dermoscopy and RCM.

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 3019-3024 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIHAELA A. GHITA ◽  
CONSTANTIN CARUNTU ◽  
ADRIAN E. ROSCA ◽  
HARILLAQ KALESHI ◽  
ANA CARUNTU ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sai Yee Chuah ◽  
Shang Ian Tee ◽  
Wee Ping Tan ◽  
Siong See Joyce Lee ◽  
See Ket Ng ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Witkowski ◽  
J. Łudzik ◽  
N. DeCarvalho ◽  
S. Ciardo ◽  
C. Longo ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. e30-e32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Pasquali ◽  
Gonzalo Segurado-Miravalles ◽  
Azael Freites-Martínez ◽  
Salvador González-Rodriguez

2010 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Ahlgrimm-Siess ◽  
Theresa Cao ◽  
Margaret Oliviero ◽  
Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof ◽  
Harold S. Rabinovitz ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 716-724.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Longo ◽  
Aimilios Lallas ◽  
Athanassios Kyrgidis ◽  
Harold Rabinovitz ◽  
Elvira Moscarella ◽  
...  

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