Skin Biopsy in the Context of Dermatological Diagnosis : A Retrospective Cohort Study

المؤلفون المشاركون

Antoniou, Christina
Katsambas, Andreas D.
Korfitis, Chrysovalantis
Gregoriou, Stamatis
Rigopoulos, Dimitris

المصدر

Dermatology Research and Practice

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-01-30

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

5

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض

الملخص EN

Background.

Skin biopsy is an established method for allying the dermatologist in overcoming the diagnostic dilemmas which occur during consultations.

However neither do all skin biopsies produce a conclusive diagnosis nor the dermatologists routinely perform this procedure to every patient they consult.

The aim of this study was to investigate the favourable clinical diagnoses set by dermatologists when performing skin biopsy, the diagnoses reached by the dermatopathologists after microscopic examination, and the relationship between them and finally to comment on the instances that skin biopsy fails to fulfill the diagnostic task.

Methods.

Six thousand eight hundred and sixteen biopsy specimens were reviewed and descriptive statistics were performed.

Results.

The mean age of the patients was 54.58±0.26 years, the most common site of biopsy was the head and neck (38.3%), the most frequently proposed clinical diagnoses included malignancies (19.28%), and the most prevalent pathological diagnosis was epitheliomas (21.9%).

After microscopic examination, a specific histological diagnosis was proposed in 83.29% of the cases and a consensus between clinical and histological diagnoses was observed in 68% of them.

Conclusions.

Although there are cases that skin biopsy exhibits diagnostic inefficiency, it remains a valuable aid for the dermatology clinical practice.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Korfitis, Chrysovalantis& Gregoriou, Stamatis& Antoniou, Christina& Katsambas, Andreas D.& Rigopoulos, Dimitris. 2014. Skin Biopsy in the Context of Dermatological Diagnosis : A Retrospective Cohort Study. Dermatology Research and Practice،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494444

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Korfitis, Chrysovalantis…[et al.]. Skin Biopsy in the Context of Dermatological Diagnosis : A Retrospective Cohort Study. Dermatology Research and Practice No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494444

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Korfitis, Chrysovalantis& Gregoriou, Stamatis& Antoniou, Christina& Katsambas, Andreas D.& Rigopoulos, Dimitris. Skin Biopsy in the Context of Dermatological Diagnosis : A Retrospective Cohort Study. Dermatology Research and Practice. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494444

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-494444