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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Dermatology

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Abstract

Reflectance-mode confocal microscopy is a novel imaging tool that enables the noninvasive exploration of the skin. It is based on the in vivo generation of x-y confocal images that represent high-resolution maps of the skin at different depths. This chapter describes the reflectance confocal microscopic features of main dermatological diseases including epidermal tumors, melanocytic tumors, parasitic and infectious skin diseases, and diseases of mucosa and nail.

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  1. University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France

    Elisa Cinotti, Jean Luc Perrot, Bruno Labeille & Frédéric Cambazard

  2. Medicine Department, Alcala University, Madrid, Spain

    Salvador González

  3. Dermatology Services, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Salvador González

  4. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Salvador González

  5. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Sara Bassoli & Giovanni Pellacani

  6. Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Caterina Longo

  7. University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Roberta Giuffrida

  8. Department of Dermatology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Iris Zalaudek & Edith J. Arzberger

  9. Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, University Hospital of Lyon, Pierre Bénite, France

    Sébastien Debarbieux, Mona Amini-Adle & Luc Thomas

  10. Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Mariano Suppa & Del Marmol Veronique

  11. Centre de Recherche Clinique INSERM U 1065, University Hospital of Nice (Hôpital Archet), Nice, France

    Philippe Bahadoran

  12. Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Malvehy, Antoni Benassar & Javiera Pérez

  13. IDIBAPS (Institut d’investigacions biomediques August Pii Sunter) and CIBER de enfermedafes raras, Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Malvehy

  14. University Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Elisa Cinotti

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Cinotti, E. et al. (2022). Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Dermatology. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53811-2_12

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