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Imaging techniques in the diagnosis and monitoring of psoriasis

Plaque psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease, which has a multifactorial etiopathogenesis. Practical non-invasive techniques to monitor plaque psoriasis progression and treatment are necessary. Imaging techniques available for psoriasis assessment may vary in terms of resolution, depth of...

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Autores principales: Grajdeanu, Ioana-Alina, Statescu, Laura, Vata, Dan, Popescu, Ioana Adriana, Porumb-Andrese, Elena, Patrascu, Adriana Ionela, Taranu, Tatiana, Crisan, Maria, Solovastru, Laura Gheuca
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Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6895776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31819765
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7957
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author Grajdeanu, Ioana-Alina
Statescu, Laura
Vata, Dan
Popescu, Ioana Adriana
Porumb-Andrese, Elena
Patrascu, Adriana Ionela
Taranu, Tatiana
Crisan, Maria
Solovastru, Laura Gheuca
author_facet Grajdeanu, Ioana-Alina
Statescu, Laura
Vata, Dan
Popescu, Ioana Adriana
Porumb-Andrese, Elena
Patrascu, Adriana Ionela
Taranu, Tatiana
Crisan, Maria
Solovastru, Laura Gheuca
author_sort Grajdeanu, Ioana-Alina
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description Plaque psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease, which has a multifactorial etiopathogenesis. Practical non-invasive techniques to monitor plaque psoriasis progression and treatment are necessary. Imaging techniques available for psoriasis assessment may vary in terms of resolution, depth of penetration and visual representation. This review summarizes the current developments in the field of psoriasis non-invasive imaging techniques, such as dermoscopy, conventional ultrasound and high frequency ultrasonography (HFUS), videocapillaroscopy (VC), reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), optical microangiography (OMAG), laser Doppler imaging (LDI), multiphoton tomography (MPT) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The aim was to collect and analyze data concerning types, indications, advantages and disadvantages of modern imaging techniques for in vivo psoriasis assessment. We focused on two main methods, videodermoscopy and HFUS, which can be included in daily dermatologists' practice and which may assist in establishing diagnosis, as well as monitoring response to topical and/or systemic therapy of psoriasis. Dermoscopy may be useful for a first evaluation and may offer an understanding of the type and distribution of blood vessels, as well as the color of the scale and the background of the lesion. Videodermoscopy allows magnification and offers a detailed evaluation of the vessel type. The utility of HFUS consists mainly in monitoring therapy response. These methods may be comparable with virtual histopathology.
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spelling pubmed-68957762019-12-09 Imaging techniques in the diagnosis and monitoring of psoriasis Grajdeanu, Ioana-Alina Statescu, Laura Vata, Dan Popescu, Ioana Adriana Porumb-Andrese, Elena Patrascu, Adriana Ionela Taranu, Tatiana Crisan, Maria Solovastru, Laura Gheuca Exp Ther Med Review Plaque psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease, which has a multifactorial etiopathogenesis. Practical non-invasive techniques to monitor plaque psoriasis progression and treatment are necessary. Imaging techniques available for psoriasis assessment may vary in terms of resolution, depth of penetration and visual representation. This review summarizes the current developments in the field of psoriasis non-invasive imaging techniques, such as dermoscopy, conventional ultrasound and high frequency ultrasonography (HFUS), videocapillaroscopy (VC), reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), optical microangiography (OMAG), laser Doppler imaging (LDI), multiphoton tomography (MPT) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The aim was to collect and analyze data concerning types, indications, advantages and disadvantages of modern imaging techniques for in vivo psoriasis assessment. We focused on two main methods, videodermoscopy and HFUS, which can be included in daily dermatologists' practice and which may assist in establishing diagnosis, as well as monitoring response to topical and/or systemic therapy of psoriasis. Dermoscopy may be useful for a first evaluation and may offer an understanding of the type and distribution of blood vessels, as well as the color of the scale and the background of the lesion. Videodermoscopy allows magnification and offers a detailed evaluation of the vessel type. The utility of HFUS consists mainly in monitoring therapy response. These methods may be comparable with virtual histopathology. D.A. Spandidos 2019-12 2019-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6895776/ /pubmed/31819765 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7957 Text en Copyright: © Grajdeanu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Statescu, Laura
Vata, Dan
Popescu, Ioana Adriana
Porumb-Andrese, Elena
Patrascu, Adriana Ionela
Taranu, Tatiana
Crisan, Maria
Solovastru, Laura Gheuca
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6895776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31819765
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7957
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