Christos C Zouboulis1,2, André Nogueira da Costa3, Gregor B E Jemec4,5, Dietrich Trebing6. 1. Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Dessau, Germany, christos.zouboulis@klinikum-dessau.de. 2. European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation e.V., Dessau, Germany, christos.zouboulis@klinikum-dessau.de. 3. Experimental Medicine and Diagnostics, Global Exploratory Development, UCB BioPharma SPRL, Braine-L'Alleud, Belgium. 4. European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation e.V., Dessau, Germany. 5. Department of Dermatology, Zealand University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Roskilde, Denmark. 6. Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Dessau, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A more reliable classification of skin inflammation and severity of active disease results from ultrasound sonography and the new hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS) classification system IHS4. However, an objective assessment of skin inflammation in a continuous mode is still the ultimate goal. Long-wave medical infrared thermography (MIT) may offer a blood flow and temperature differential assessment in inflammatory conditions. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the application of MIT in HS. METHODS: Standardized photography of the areas involved or been candidates for HS involvement was performed and MIT pictures were taken simultaneously and superimposed on the photographs of 18 patients (11 female, 7 male, median age 38.75 years [95% confidence interval 28.5 and 51 years], Hurley score I 5.6%, Hurley score II 38.9%, and Hurley score III 55.5%). A modification of the Otsu's method facilitated the automatic lesion segmentation from the background, depicting the inflammation area. Moreover, MIT was administered in real-time mode during radical HS surgery. RESULTS: A 1°C temperature difference from a corresponding symmetric body region was indicative of inflammation. MIT figures detected a gradual increase of skin temperature from 33.0°C in healthy skin on average to 35.0-36.6°C at the center of inflamma tory lesions in the axilla and to 35.4-36.9°C at the center of inflammation in the groin area. Real-time MIT assessment enabled the definition of the margins and depth of the surgical intervention during the procedure. CONCLUSION: MIT is a promising tool for the detection of inflammation severity in HS lesions and can be used as a clinical biomarker in evaluation studies of medical and surgical HS treatment.
BACKGROUND: A more reliable classification of skin inflammation and severity of active disease results from ultrasound sonography and the new hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS) classification system IHS4. However, an objective assessment of skin inflammation in a continuous mode is still the ultimate goal. Long-wave medical infrared thermography (MIT) may offer a blood flow and temperature differential assessment in inflammatory conditions. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the application of MIT in HS. METHODS: Standardized photography of the areas involved or been candidates for HS involvement was performed and MIT pictures were taken simultaneously and superimposed on the photographs of 18 patients (11 female, 7 male, median age 38.75 years [95% confidence interval 28.5 and 51 years], Hurley score I 5.6%, Hurley score II 38.9%, and Hurley score III 55.5%). A modification of the Otsu's method facilitated the automatic lesion segmentation from the background, depicting the inflammation area. Moreover, MIT was administered in real-time mode during radical HS surgery. RESULTS: A 1°C temperature difference from a corresponding symmetric body region was indicative of inflammation. MIT figures detected a gradual increase of skin temperature from 33.0°C in healthy skin on average to 35.0-36.6°C at the center of inflamma tory lesions in the axilla and to 35.4-36.9°C at the center of inflammation in the groin area. Real-time MIT assessment enabled the definition of the margins and depth of the surgical intervention during the procedure. CONCLUSION: MIT is a promising tool for the detection of inflammation severity in HS lesions and can be used as a clinical biomarker in evaluation studies of medical and surgical HS treatment.
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