In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy features of a large cell acanthoma: report of a case

Neda Shahriari; Jane M Grant-Kels; Harold S Rabinovitz; Margaret Oliviero; Alon Scope

doi:10.5826/dpc.0603a14

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy features of a large cell acanthoma: report of a case

Dermatol Pract Concept. 2016 Jul 31;6(3):67-70. doi: 10.5826/dpc.0603a14. eCollection 2016 Jul.

Authors

Neda Shahriari¹, Jane M Grant-Kels¹, Harold S Rabinovitz², Margaret Oliviero², Alon Scope³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is an FDA approved noninvasive optical imaging technique that acquires cellular level-resolution skin images in vivo. Herein, we report a case of histopathologically proven large cell acanthoma (LCA) whose RCM features simulate those of squamous cell carcinoma in situ.

Keywords: RCM; large cell acanthoma; reflectance confocal microscopy.