Histopathological characterization of primary cutaneous melanoma using infrared microimaging: a proof-of-concept study
Summary Background The diagnosis of malignant melanoma is based upon the histological evaluation of the lesion. As such, the morphological interpretation relies on the expertise of a dermatopathologist. Infrared microimaging is emerging as a new powerful tool to investigate tissue biochemistry. Inf...
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| Vydané v: | British journal of dermatology (1951) Ročník 162; číslo 6; s. 1316 - 1323 |
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| Hlavní autori: | , , , , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.06.2010
Wiley-Blackwell Wiley |
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| ISSN: | 0007-0963, 1365-2133, 1365-2133 |
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Background The diagnosis of malignant melanoma is based upon the histological evaluation of the lesion. As such, the morphological interpretation relies on the expertise of a dermatopathologist. Infrared microimaging is emerging as a new powerful tool to investigate tissue biochemistry. Infrared spectra probe the biochemical constitution of the sample and are real tissue‐specific spectroscopic fingerprints.
Objectives To assess the potential of infrared microimaging to aid in the analysis of tissue sections from primary cutaneous melanomas.
Methods Ten samples of melanoma sections from the main histological subtypes were investigated using infrared microimaging combined with multivariate statistical analyses.
Results This methodology yielded highly contrasted colour‐coded images that permitted to highlight tissue architecture without any staining. It was possible to discriminate tumour areas from normal epidermis automatically, and intratumoral heterogeneity as revealed by our approach was correlated with the aggressiveness of the tumour.
Conclusions This proof‐of‐concept study shows that infrared microimaging could help in the diagnosis of primary cutaneous melanoma. |
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| Bibliografia: | istex:096493CCDB7227D08F8DD126690C4646225A119A ArticleID:BJD9762 ark:/67375/WNG-BGFBSMHN-D Conflicts of interest None declared. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0963 1365-2133 1365-2133 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09762.x |