Open AccessThe role of imaging technologies for ocular surface tumors
Author(s) -
Nandini Venkateswaran,
Wathanee Sripawadkul,
Carol L. Karp
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in ophthalmology, with evaluated medline/current opinion in ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.371
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1080-8132
pISSN - 1040-8738
DOI - 10.1097/icu.0000000000000771
Subject(s) - medicine , optical coherence tomography , ultrasound biomicroscopy , ocular melanoma , pathology , melanoma , lesion , radiology , ultrasound , cancer research
This review will discuss the utility of high-resolution anterior segment optical coherence tomography (HR-OCT), in-vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) in characterizing and diagnosing various ocular surface tumors, namely ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN), conjunctival lymphoma and conjunctival melanoma. The strengths and limitations of each imaging modality will be discussed along with the characteristics findings of each lesion on each imaging platform.