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- Title
Dermoscopic criteria explained by LC‐OCT: Negative maple leaf‐like areas.
- Authors
Palmisano, Gerardo; Orte Cano, Carmen; Fontaine, Margot; Lenoir, Clément; Cinotti, Elisa; Tognetti, Linda; Rubegni, Pietro; Perez‐Anker, Javiera; Puig, Susana; Malvehy, Josep; Perrot, Jean‐Luc; del Marmol, Véronique; Peris, Ketty; Suppa, Mariano
- Abstract
This article discusses a new dermoscopic criterion for diagnosing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) called "negative maple-leaf-like areas" (NMLLAs). NMLLAs are round, nonpigmented structures with a whitish background and well-defined borders. They are associated with superficial BCC and correspond to non-pigmented tumor nests at the dermal-epidermal junction level. The article also introduces a new technology called line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT), which combines the advantages of reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) and conventional OCT. LC-OCT allows for a precise correlation of dermoscopic criteria with skin images. The article presents a case study that demonstrates the correlation between NMLLAs seen in dermoscopy and hemispheric BCC lobules observed with LC-OCT. The use of LC-OCT may help clinicians identify NMLLAs, which can be difficult to recognize. Further studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
- Subjects
DERMOSCOPY; BASAL cell carcinoma; SKIN cancer; OPTICAL coherence tomography
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 3, pe271
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jdv.19588