Enhancing Diagnosis of Flat Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma with Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography

Antonio Di Guardo; Luca Ambrosio; Giovanni  Di Lella; Giovanni  Pellacani; Claudio Conforti

doi:10.5826/dpc.1503a5344

Enhancing Diagnosis of Flat Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma with Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography

Authors

Antonio Di Guardo Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Luca Ambrosio Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 2. IDI-IRCCS, Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy
Giovanni Di Lella IDI-IRCCS, Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy
Giovanni Pellacani Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 2. IDI-IRCCS, Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy
Claudio Conforti Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 2. IDI-IRCCS, Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy

Keywords:

Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography, Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), Dermoscopy, Reflectance confocal microscopy, Dermatological diagnostics

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