OBJECTIVES: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive technique based on optical imaging with a micrometre resolution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential role of OCT in evaluating oral mucosa bullous diseases. METHODS: two patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) and one patient with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) were examined and images of their oral lesions were performed using OCT. RESULTS: In OCT images, the BP blister has a clearly different morphology from the PV one compared to the blistering level. CONCLUSION: This exploratory study suggests that the OCT is able to distinguish epithelial and subepithelial layer in vivo images of healthy oral mucosa from those with bullous diseases, assisting the clinicians in differential diagnosis.The presented data are in accordance with the scientific literature, although a wider pool of cases is needed to increase statistical power. Histological examination and immunofluorescence methods remain the gold standard for the diagnosis of oral bullous diseases. In this context, the OCT can provide the clinician with a valuable aid both as an additional diagnostic tool and in the follow up of the disease.

Di Stasio, D., Lauritano, D., Loffredo, F., Gentile, E., Della Vella, F., Petruzzi, M., et al. (2019). Optical coherence tomography imaging of oral mucosa bullous diseases: a preliminary study. DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY, 49(2), 2-7 [10.1259/dmfr.20190071].

Optical coherence tomography imaging of oral mucosa bullous diseases: a preliminary study

Lauritano, Dorina
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2019

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OBJECTIVES: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive technique based on optical imaging with a micrometre resolution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential role of OCT in evaluating oral mucosa bullous diseases. METHODS: two patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) and one patient with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) were examined and images of their oral lesions were performed using OCT. RESULTS: In OCT images, the BP blister has a clearly different morphology from the PV one compared to the blistering level. CONCLUSION: This exploratory study suggests that the OCT is able to distinguish epithelial and subepithelial layer in vivo images of healthy oral mucosa from those with bullous diseases, assisting the clinicians in differential diagnosis.The presented data are in accordance with the scientific literature, although a wider pool of cases is needed to increase statistical power. Histological examination and immunofluorescence methods remain the gold standard for the diagnosis of oral bullous diseases. In this context, the OCT can provide the clinician with a valuable aid both as an additional diagnostic tool and in the follow up of the disease.
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Optical coherence tomography; bullous pemphigoid; pemphigus vulgaris
English
22-ago-2019
2019
49
2
2
7
20190071
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Di Stasio, D., Lauritano, D., Loffredo, F., Gentile, E., Della Vella, F., Petruzzi, M., et al. (2019). Optical coherence tomography imaging of oral mucosa bullous diseases: a preliminary study. DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY, 49(2), 2-7 [10.1259/dmfr.20190071].
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