ArticleDermatology practical & conceptual2018
Ex vivo confocal microscopy: an emerging technique in dermatology.
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- Precision at the Cutting Edge: Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy for Perioperative Tumour Thickness Assessment in Melanoma.Experimental dermatology · 2025Article
- Benign or Malignant? Ex Vivo Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Bedside Histological Assessment of Melanocytic Lesions.Cancers · 2025Article
- [Fluorescence confocal microscopy-complete digitization of pathology].Pathologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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- Advancements in Basal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis: Non-Invasive Imaging and Multimodal Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A Feasibility Study for Immediate Histological Assessment of Various Skin Biopsies Using Ex Vivo Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- An international 3-center training and reading study to assess basal cell carcinoma surgical margins with ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy.Journal of cutaneous pathology · 2021Article
- Electronic Pneumatic Injection-Assisted Dermal Drug Delivery Visualized by Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2021Article
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- Nonmelanoma Facial Skin Cancer: A Review of Diagnostic Strategies, Surgical Treatment, and Reconstructive Techniques.Clinical medicine insights. Ear, nose and throat · 2019Review
- Skin Imaging Using Ultrasound Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography, Confocal Microscopy, and Two-Photon Microscopy in Cutaneous Oncology.Frontiers in medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
This review aims to give an overview of the current available applications of ex vivo confocal microscopy (EVCM) in dermatology. EVCM is a relatively new imaging technique that allows microscopic examination of freshly excised unfixed tissue. It enables a rapid examination of the skin sample directly in the surgery room and thus represents an alternative to the intraoperative micrographic control of the surgical margins of cutaneous tumors by standard microscopic examination on cryopreserved sections during Mohs surgery. Although this technique has mainly been developed for the margin's control of basal cell carcinoma, many other skin tumors have been studied, including melanoma. Use of EVCM is continuing to evolve, and many possible applications are under investigation, such as the study of nails and hair diseases and the diagnosis of skin infections.
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