Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of Eyelid Skin Lesions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Inclusion Criteria
2.2. Sample Population
2.3. LC-OCT Device, Imaging Acquisition, and Evaluation
2.4. Study Outcome and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Clinical Features
3.2. LC-OCT Features of Malignant Lesions of the Eyelid
3.3. LC-OCT Features of Benign Lesions of the Eyelid
3.4. Diagnostic Concordance LC-OCT/Histology
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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N (%) | |
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Sex | |
Male | 23 (45%) |
Female | 28 (55%) |
Mean age | 66.4 (34–88) |
Phototype | |
I/II | 32 (63%) |
III | 19 (37%) |
Anatomical location | |
Lower eyelid | 20 (39%) |
Medial canthus | 14 (27%) |
Upper eyelid | 9 (18%) |
Lateral canthus | 8 (16%) |
Clinical I | |
Flat | 10 (20%) |
Slightly elevated | 13 (25%) |
Nodular | 28 (55%) |
Histopathology | |
Malignant tumours | 30/51 (59%) |
BCC | 24 (47%) |
SCC | 4 (8%) |
Melanoma | 2 (4%) |
Benign tumours | 21/51 (41%) |
SK | 9 (17%) |
Scar | 5 (10%) |
Hidrocystoma | 3 (6%) |
AK | 2 (4%) |
Blue nevus | 1 (2%) |
Cherry hemangioma | 1 (2%) |
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Di Stefani, A.; Cappilli, S.; Cuffaro, G.; Fionda, B.; Pagliara, M.M.; Paradisi, A.; Ricci, C.; Rossi, E.; Sammarco, M.G.; Schinzari, G.; et al. Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of Eyelid Skin Lesions. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 3590. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13233590
Di Stefani A, Cappilli S, Cuffaro G, Fionda B, Pagliara MM, Paradisi A, Ricci C, Rossi E, Sammarco MG, Schinzari G, et al. Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of Eyelid Skin Lesions. Diagnostics. 2023; 13(23):3590. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13233590
Chicago/Turabian StyleDi Stefani, Alessandro, Simone Cappilli, Giovanni Cuffaro, Bruno Fionda, Monica Maria Pagliara, Andrea Paradisi, Costantino Ricci, Ernesto Rossi, Maria Grazia Sammarco, Giovanni Schinzari, and et al. 2023. "Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of Eyelid Skin Lesions" Diagnostics 13, no. 23: 3590. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13233590