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C Orsini1, E Trovato1, G Cortonesi1
1Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Background:
Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is a new, valid means for a rapid and non-invasive in vivo examination of the epidermis and upper dermis, allowing digital interpretation and measurement of high-resolution images on a cellular level. Given these properties, it may represent a valid tool for monitoring psoriasis during treatment, allowing a new method to set a precise objective severity of the disease.
Objectives:
We aimed to investigate the potentialities of LC-OCT in the non-invasive monitoring of microscopical changes associated with moderate-severe plaque psoriasis (PP) during the treatment with the most common biological drugs.
Materials And Methods:
We performed LC-OCT imaging of PP lesions from 17 patients before and after 8 weeks of treatment. The clinical severity of the single lesions was evaluated using a lesion score (LS), designed considering three parameters: erythema, desquamation and infiltration. LC-OCT images were segmented by artificial intelligence and evaluated based on three microscopic criteria: the thickness of the stratum corneum, the thickness of the living epidermis and the undulation of the dermo-epidermal junction.
Results:
Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography digital analysis allowed recognition and quantification of the three microscopic criteria, showing a reduction of all these during the follow-up. Furthermore, a high correlation between change in LS and the thickness of the stratum corneum and the thickness of the living epidermis was found.
Conclusion:
Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography can non-invasively monitor the response of PP to different treatments. Morphometric changes occurring in the psoriatic lesion during the 8-week treatment period were identified by in vivo LC-OCT and measured by using artificial intelligence. Although future studies are required, based on these preliminary results, LC-OCT may represent a valid potential tool for precise monitoring of therapeutic response.
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