Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of Eyelid Skin Lesions
Alessandro Di Stefani, Simone Cappilli, Giovanni Cuffaro, Bruno Fionda, Monica Maria Pagliara, Andrea Paradisi, Costantino Ricci, Ernesto Rossi, Maria Grazia Sammarco, Giovanni Schinzari, Luca Tagliaferri, Maria Antonietta Blasi, Elisa Cinotti, Alessandro Moro, Gustavo Savino, Mariano Suppa, Ketty P · 2023
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Description
Eyelid lumps sit in a tricky spot, where cutting wrongly harms looks and sight, so a scan that reads them without a knife has real value. Alessandro Di Stefani and co-authors test such a scan in this 2023 study of 51 eyelid lesions. The method, a line-field confocal tomography, images tissue in fine detail both across and down.
Thirty lesions proved malignant and twenty-one benign under the microscope after removal. The scan's readings matched the tissue diagnosis in 92 percent of cases. Each tumor type showed its own pattern in the images, echoing what pathologists see on slides. The authors argue the tool can sharpen decisions in team meetings before surgery. It may spare some patients a biopsy in a delicate area.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alessandro Di Stefani, Simone Cappilli, Giovanni Cuffaro, Bruno Fionda, Monica Maria Pagliara, Andrea Paradisi, Costantino Ricci, Ernesto Rossi, Maria Grazia Sammarco, Giovanni Schinzari, Luca Tagliaferri, Maria Antonietta Blasi, Elisa Cinotti, Alessandro Moro, Gustavo Savino, Mariano Suppa, Ketty P |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |