Utility of optical coherence tomography in basal cell naevus syndrome: A case report

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a useful non‐invasive diagnostic tool for diagnosing and monitoring treatment of basal cell carcinomas. We describe the use of OCT in a patient with Basal Cell Naevus Syndrome. Through measuring tumour depth on OCT, management of individual tumours was triaged a...

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Autores principales: Ho, Genevieve, Schwartz, Rodrigo J., Melhoranse‐Gouveia, Bruna, Guitera, Pascale, O'Sullivan, Niamh A., Cheung, Veronica K. Y., Ch'ng, Sydney, Martin, Linda K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Technology in Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36125195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajd.13921
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Sumario:Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a useful non‐invasive diagnostic tool for diagnosing and monitoring treatment of basal cell carcinomas. We describe the use of OCT in a patient with Basal Cell Naevus Syndrome. Through measuring tumour depth on OCT, management of individual tumours was triaged accordingly using 0.4 mm tumour depth as a cut‐off for surgical and non‐surgical management. OCT has potential to reduce unnecessary excisions and associated morbidity in this population of patients.

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