Utility of optical coherence tomography in basal cell naevus syndrome: A case report

Abstract

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a useful non-invasive diagnostic tool for diagnosing and monitoring treatment of basal cell carcinomas. We describe the use of OCT in a patient with Basal Cell Naevus Syndrome. Through measuring tumour depth on OCT, management of individual tumours was triaged accordingly using 0.4 mm tumour depth as a cut-off for surgical and non-surgical management. OCT has potential to reduce unnecessary excisions and associated morbidity in this population of patients.

Keywords: Gorlin syndrome; basal cell naevus syndrome; case report; optical coherence tomography; skin cancer.