Resumen de Fast Evaluation of 69 Basal Cell Carcinomas With Ex Vivo Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy: Criteria Description, Histopathological Correlation, and Interobserver Agreement

Antoni Bennàssar Vicens, Cristina Carrera, Susana Puig Sardá, Antoni Vilalta

• Importance Fluorescence confocal microscopy (FCM) represents a first step toward a rapid �bedside pathology� in the Mohs surgery setting and in other fields of general pathology.

  Objective To describe and validate FCM criteria for the main basal cell carcinoma (BCC) subtypes and to demonstrate the overall agreement with classic pathologic analysis of hematoxylin-eosin�stained samples.

  Design A total of 69 BCCs from 66 patients were prospectively imaged using ex vivo FCM. Confocal mosaics were evaluated in real time and compared with classic pathologic analysis.

  Setting Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, between November 2010 and July 2011.

  Participants Patients with BCC attending the Mohs Surgery Unit.