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BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 163, Issue 6, Pages 1218-1228Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10063.x
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) from the National Cancer Institute [R44 CA093106]
- NIH from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering [R01EB002715]
- Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Background Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) images skin at cellular resolution and has shown utility for the diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer in vivo. Topical application of aluminium chloride (AlCl3) enhances contrast in RCM images by brightening nuclei. Objectives To investigate feasibility of RCM imaging of shave biopsy wounds using AlCl3 as a contrast agent. Methods AlCl3 staining was optimized, in terms of concentration vs. immersion time, on excised tissue ex vivo. RCM imaging protocol was tested in patients undergoing shave biopsies. The RCM images were retrospectively analysed and compared with the corresponding histopathology. Results For 35% AlCl3, routinely used for haemostasis in clinic, minimum immersion time was determined to be 1 min. We identified three consistent patterns of margins on RCM mosaic images by varying depth: epidermal margins, peripheral dermal margins, and deep dermal margins. Tumour islands of basal cell carcinoma were identified at peripheral or deep dermal margins, correlating on histopathology with aggregates of neoplastic basaloid cells. Atypical cobblestone or honeycomb patterns were identified at the epidermal margins in squamous cell carcinomas, correlating with a proliferation of atypical keratinocytes extending to biopsy margins. Conclusions RCM imaging of shave biopsy wounds is feasible and demonstrates the future possibility of intraoperative mapping in surgical wounds.
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