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In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy assessment of the therapeutic follow‐up of cutaneous T ‐cell lymphomas causing scalp alopecia
Author(s) -
Ardigò Marco,
El ShabrawiCaelen Laila,
Tosti Antonella
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.12129
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , in vivo , lymphoma , confocal microscopy , pathology , confocal , cutaneous lymphoma , cutaneous t cell lymphoma , dermatology , mycosis fungoides , biology , geometry , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematics
Cutaneous T ‐cell lymphomas involving the scalp and determining scarring alopecias are difficult to be followed up during treatment because of the peculiar anatomical site of onset. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy has already been reported to be useful for cutaneous T ‐cell lymphoma evaluation and for therapeutic follow‐up in inflammatory skin conditions. We describe a case of a 26‐year‐old man affected by cutaneous T ‐cell lymphoma affecting the scalp in which reflectance confocal microscopy demonstrated to be useful for in vivo evaluation of the therapeutic response to topical and systemic treatment.