Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study
Introduction: Vascular patterns play a crucial role in the diagnosis and differentiation of skin lesions by providing insight into underlying pathology and aid in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions. While dermoscopy has proven valuable for visualizing these vascular structures, Lin...
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Introduction: Vascular patterns play a crucial role in the diagnosis and differentiation of skin lesions by providing insight into underlying pathology and aid in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions. While dermoscopy has proven valuable for visualizing these vascular structures, Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) offers high-resolution, 3-dimensional (3D) imaging of the skin, potentially providing detailed visualization of vascular architecture and new insights about their projection in dermoscopy.
Objectives: This pilot study aimed to investigate the correlation of vascular patterns in skin lesions with LC-OCT and dermoscopy and explored tridimensional imaging in assessing microvascular architecture.
Methods: A cohort of patients with 14 diverse skin lesions showing typical dermoscopic vascular patterns were examined using dermoscopy and LC-OCT. LC-OCT images were analyzed and manual segmentation with tridimensional reconstruction of the vascular structures was performed. Correlation between these vascular structures and their dermoscopic projection was then assessed.
Results: LC-OCT demonstrated a strong correlation with dermoscopy in identifying vascular patterns, offering additional depth and 3D details of the intricate relationship between skin micro-architecture and the development of specific vascular patterns in skin lesions.
Conclusions: LC-OCT correlates with dermoscopy in vascular pattern analysis in skin lesions. The added advantage of 3D imaging helped us understand the way vascular structures are formed in skin lesions depending on its micro-architecture. LC-OCT could potentially play a significant role in precisely assessing the vascular environment of skin lesions. Further studies are necessary to assess how this could provide clinical value for diagnosing or monitoring of skin lesions.
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| spelling | doaj-art-14f57a61b7ca433582538f82e3ff9c212025-08-20T04:02:51ZengMattioli1885Dermatology Practical & Conceptual2160-93812025-07-0115310.5826/dpc.1503a5297Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot StudyClément Lenoir0Mariano Suppa1Susana Puig2Véronique del Marmol3Raquel Albero4Llucia Also5Carmen Orte Cano6Gwendoline Diet7Margot Fontaine8Linda Tognetti9Elisa Cinotti10Pietro Rubegni11Jean Luc Perrot12Josep Malvehy13Javiera Pérez-Anker14Universitat de BarcelonaUniversité Libre de BruxellesUniversitat de BarcelonaUniversité Libre de BruxellesUniversitat de BarcelonaUniversitat de BarcelonaUniversité Libre de BruxellesUniversité Libre de BruxellesUniversité Libre de BruxellesUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaUniversity of SienaUniversité de Saint-EtienneUniversitat de BarcelonaUniversitat de Barcelona Introduction: Vascular patterns play a crucial role in the diagnosis and differentiation of skin lesions by providing insight into underlying pathology and aid in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions. While dermoscopy has proven valuable for visualizing these vascular structures, Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) offers high-resolution, 3-dimensional (3D) imaging of the skin, potentially providing detailed visualization of vascular architecture and new insights about their projection in dermoscopy. Objectives: This pilot study aimed to investigate the correlation of vascular patterns in skin lesions with LC-OCT and dermoscopy and explored tridimensional imaging in assessing microvascular architecture. Methods: A cohort of patients with 14 diverse skin lesions showing typical dermoscopic vascular patterns were examined using dermoscopy and LC-OCT. LC-OCT images were analyzed and manual segmentation with tridimensional reconstruction of the vascular structures was performed. Correlation between these vascular structures and their dermoscopic projection was then assessed. Results: LC-OCT demonstrated a strong correlation with dermoscopy in identifying vascular patterns, offering additional depth and 3D details of the intricate relationship between skin micro-architecture and the development of specific vascular patterns in skin lesions. Conclusions: LC-OCT correlates with dermoscopy in vascular pattern analysis in skin lesions. The added advantage of 3D imaging helped us understand the way vascular structures are formed in skin lesions depending on its micro-architecture. LC-OCT could potentially play a significant role in precisely assessing the vascular environment of skin lesions. Further studies are necessary to assess how this could provide clinical value for diagnosing or monitoring of skin lesions. https://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/5297LC-OCT dermoscopyvascular patternskin lesion skin imagingnon-invasive imaging |
| spellingShingle | Clément Lenoir Mariano Suppa Susana Puig Véronique del Marmol Raquel Albero Llucia Also Carmen Orte Cano Gwendoline Diet Margot Fontaine Linda Tognetti Elisa Cinotti Pietro Rubegni Jean Luc Perrot Josep Malvehy Javiera Pérez-Anker Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study Dermatology Practical & Conceptual LC-OCT dermoscopy vascular pattern skin lesion skin imaging non-invasive imaging |
| title | Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Correlation of Vascular Patterns in Skin Lesions With LC-OCT and Dermoscopy With a Tridimensional Perspective: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | correlation of vascular patterns in skin lesions with lc oct and dermoscopy with a tridimensional perspective a pilot study |
| topic | LC-OCT dermoscopy vascular pattern skin lesion skin imaging non-invasive imaging |
| url | https://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/5297 |
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