BACKGROUND: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a new and promising diagnostic technique for investigation of skin tumours. We describe a method that makes evaluation and definition of specific morphologic structures of skin tumours via OCT more accurate. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We investigated three patients with basal cell carcinoma and three patients with melanocytic nevi. Three-dimensional (3D) images were obtained from these skin tumours via OCT according to previously applied marks, which were tattooed with special histological marking dye after excision of the tumours. Corresponding to these marks, we investigated serial histological sections (haematoxylin&eosin staining). RESULTS: We could prove similar morphological structures both in OCT and histology. Due to tissue deformation, the compared measurements of structures like cell nests or epidermal thickness were slightly deviated. However, by this method we could prove similar tissue formations in OCT and histology. CONCLUSIONS: Due to the deformation by histological processing and slightly different sectioning levels, the comparison of histological pictures and OCT images seems difficult. Nevertheless, in two cases it was possible to demonstrate the same morphological structures with OCT imaging and histological investigation. Our method could play an important role for further evaluation of OCT images. We estimate better evaluation of OCT imaging using a 3D reconstruction method.
BACKGROUND: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a new and promising diagnostic technique for investigation of skin tumours. We describe a method that makes evaluation and definition of specific morphologic structures of skin tumours via OCT more accurate. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We investigated three patients with basal cell carcinoma and three patients with melanocytic nevi. Three-dimensional (3D) images were obtained from these skin tumours via OCT according to previously applied marks, which were tattooed with special histological marking dye after excision of the tumours. Corresponding to these marks, we investigated serial histological sections (haematoxylin&eosin staining). RESULTS: We could prove similar morphological structures both in OCT and histology. Due to tissue deformation, the compared measurements of structures like cell nests or epidermal thickness were slightly deviated. However, by this method we could prove similar tissue formations in OCT and histology. CONCLUSIONS: Due to the deformation by histological processing and slightly different sectioning levels, the comparison of histological pictures and OCT images seems difficult. Nevertheless, in two cases it was possible to demonstrate the same morphological structures with OCT imaging and histological investigation. Our method could play an important role for further evaluation of OCT images. We estimate better evaluation of OCT imaging using a 3D reconstruction method.
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