Noninvasive imaging exploration of phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica using high-frequency ultrasound and optical coherence tomography: Can biopsy of PPK patients be avoided?
Jenna LeeJuliana BenavidesRayyan ManwarCarolina PuyanaJulia R MayMaria TsoukasKamran AvanakiPublished in: Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) (2023)
HFUS provides a deep view of the tissue, with ability to differentiate gross structures beneath the skin. OCT provides a smaller penetration depth and a higher resolution. We have described noninvasive features of atypical nevi and nevus sebaceous on HFUS and OCT, which indicate benign etiology.
Keyphrases
- optical coherence tomography
- high frequency
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- diabetic retinopathy
- end stage renal disease
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- ultrasound guided
- optic nerve
- peritoneal dialysis
- single molecule
- fluorescence imaging