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Session Information
SYM S013
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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: Current & Future
Subject:
Date:
Friday, March 01
CME Credits:
3.00
Location:
Room A110/111
Time:
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Director:
Harold S. Rabinovitz, MD, FAAD - Handout
Speakers:
- Verena Ahlgrimm-Siess, MD - Handout
- Marco Ardigo, MD
- Giuseppe Argenziano, MD
- Sara Bassoli, MD - Handout
- Ralph P. Braun, MD
- Gisele Gargantini Rezze
- Salvador Gonzalez, MD, PhD
- Pascale Guitera, MD, PhD
- Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, MD
- Natalia Jaimes, MD
- Caterina Longo, MD, PhD
- Joseph Malvehy, MD
- Orit Markowitz, MD, FAAD
- Scott Menzies, MBBS, PhD
- Elvira Moscarella, MD
- Margaret C. Oliviero, NP
- Giovanni Pellacani, MD - Handout
- Susana Puig, MD - Handout
- Babar K. Rao, MD, FAAD
- Alon Scope, MD
- H. Peter Soyer, MD
- Iris Zalaudek, MD
Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:
- Apply the basic principles of confocal microscopy
- Utilize confocal microscopy in a university and private practice setting
- Classify both benign and malignant lesions by identifying specific structures and features of these neoplasms
Description:
Reflectance confocal microscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique that allows for the en face (horizontal plane) visualization of microscopic structures and cellular detail of the epidermis, dermo-epidermal junction, and superficial dermis. The principle of RCM is similar to ultrasound, but instead of ultrasound waves the system is based on the optical reflectivity. This course will discuss the equipment, principles, terminology, and the most common lesions imaged with this device. Experts with confocal microscopy will present educational cases with audience participation
Schedule:
| Friday, March 01 |
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| 2:00 PM | Equipment and Principles / Dr. Scope |
| 2:15 PM | Terminology / Dr. Gargantini Rezze |
| 2:30 PM | Seborrheic keratosis, solar lentigo, and LPLK / Dr. Ahlgrimm-Seiss |
| 2:40 PM | SCC / Dr. Rabinovitz |
| 2:50 PM | BCC / Dr. Gonzalez |
| 3:00 PM | Nevi / Dr. Longo |
| 3:10 PM | Melanoma / Dr. Pellicani |
| 3:20 PM | Inflammatory diseases / Dr. Ardigo |
| 3:30 PM | Facial lesions / Dr. Guitera |
| 3:40 PM | Dermatofibroma, sebaceous hyperplasia, and porokeratosis / Dr. Moscarella |
| 3:50 PM | RCM in a private clinical practice / Mrs. Oliviero |
| 4:00 PM | Questions / All faculty |
| 4:05 PM | Great Cases from Spain and Australia Panel discussion / Dr. Malvehy, Dr. Puig, Dr. Menzies, and Dr. Soyer |
| 4:20 PM | Great Cases from Austria and Switzerland Panel discussion / Dr. Hoffman-Wellenhof and Dr. Braun |
| 4:30 PM | Great Cases from the USA Panel discussion / Dr. Jaimes, Dr. Rao, and Dr. Markowitz |
| 4:45 PM | Great Cases from Italy Panel discussion / Dr. Argenziano, Dr. Zalaudek, and Dr. Bassoli |