title: New diagnostic methods in dermatopathology:  in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Graz, Austria. verena.ahlgrimm@meduni-graz.at
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ahlgrimm-Siess
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koller
authors.forename: Laila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: El Shabrawi-Caelen
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hofmann-Wellenhof
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerl
mesh_terms: 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