New diagnostic methods in dermatopathology:  in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy.
Reflectance confocal microscopy is a new non-invasive imaging technique which enables the visualization of upper skin layers in-vivo at quasi-histological resolution. Skin changes seen in confocal microscopy in Porokeratosis Mibelli and scabies infection are described in the following two cases.
Ahlgrimm-Siess
Verena
V
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Graz, Austria. verena.ahlgrimm@meduni-graz.at
Koller
Silvia
S
El Shabrawi-Caelen
Laila
L
Hofmann-Wellenhof
Rainer
R
Kerl
Helmut
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D046169:Dermoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods*; D017499:Porokeratosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012532:Scabies / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014953:Wrist