Reflectance confocal microscopy enables lesions in skin to be examined without excision, but with improved diagnostic accuracy, assessment of dermoscopic-histologic correlation, assessment of surgical margins, as well as speed and convenience for the physician and patient. This extensively enlarged and updated text reviews the current and future state of the art for those involved with the diagnosis and treatment of skin tumors, with a greatly increased amount of material on the expected normal patterns of skin throughout life and on non-melanocytic tumors.

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has greatly increased material on the expected normal patterns of skin throughout life

has greatly increased material on non melancytic tumor

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Contents

۱. Fundamentals of reflectance confocal microscopy
۲. Confocal application in everyday practice
۳. Computational methods in skin confocal microscopy
۴. The role of teledermatology in reflectance confocal microscopy
۵. Miniature confocal microscopy devices for imaging skin
۶. Reflectance confocal microscopy-guided microbiopsies for targeted molecular analysis
۷. Strip-mosaicking
۸. Multimodal confocal microscopy for nonmelanoma skin cancers ex vivo
۹. Intraoperative reflectance confocal microscopy to potentially guide Mohs surgery and other dermatologic surgeries
۱۰. Laser ablation of basal cell carcinoma guided by confocal microscopy
۱۱. Normal skin: Terminology
۱۲. Adnexal and sensory structures of the skin
۱۳. Topographic and skin phototype variations of skin with special emphasis on facial and acral skin
۱۴. Infant skin maturation: Structural changes revealed by in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy and future perspectives
۱۵. Cutaneous photoaging: Description and algorithms
۱۶. Healthy oral and genital mucosa
۱۷. RCM diagnosis of melanocytic neoplasms: Terminology, algorithms and their accuracyr and clinical integration
۱۸. RCM-histology correlation in melanocytic lesions
۱۹. Common nevi
۲۰. Congenital melanocytic nevi
۲۱. Spitz-Reed nevi
۲۲. Dysplastic nevi
۲۳. How genetic traits may influence the dermoscopic and confocal morphology of nevi
۲۴. Superficial spreading and nodular melanoma (including amelanotic melanoma)
۲۵. Lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma
۲۶. Nevi and melanoma
۲۷. Melanoma in special locations
۲۸. Lesions revealing regressive structures
۲۹. Terminology, pattern analysis and algorithms of RCM applied to nonmelanocytic tumors
۳۰. Reflectance confocal microscopy— Histology correlations for nonmelanocytic tumors
۳۱. Vascular patterns in nonmelanocytic tumors
۳۲. Pigmented actinic keratosis and porokeratosis
۳۳. Squamous neoplasia (subtypes) and progression
۳۴. Basal cell carcinoma: Subtypes
۳۵. Basal cell carcinoma simulators: Poromar trichoepithelioma and fibrous papules of the face
۳۶. Sebaceous hyperplasia and adenoma. Clear cell acanthoma and dermatofibroma
۳۷. Solar lentigo and lichen planus-like keratosis
۳۸. Seborrheic keratosis: The main clues to avoid misdiagnosing seborrheic keratosis-like simulators
۳۹. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for diagnosis and management of extramammary Paget disease
۴۰. Benign vascular tumors and malformations,, and Kaposi sarcoma
۴۱. Mycosis fungoides and other cutaneous T-cell lymphomas
۴۲. Diagnostic accuracy of RCM in a clinical setting
۴۳. Integration of reflectance confocal microscopy for the management of patients with multiple nevi
۴۴. Lentigo maligna melanoma: Monitoring of noninvasive treatment and margin mapping prior to surgery
۴۵. Nail tumor management by intraoperative confocal microscopy
۴۶. Field cancerization and monitoring of treatment
۴۷. Monitoring of noninvasive treatment of basal cell carcinoma
۴۸. Ex vivo fluorescent confocal microscopy to guide micrographic Mohs surgery