Pietro Sollena, Marisa Salvi, Marica Marraffa, Luca Pellegrino, Simone Cappilli, Gerardo Palmisano, Maria Mannino, Lucia Di Nardo, Alessandro Di Stefani, Ketty Peris
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Abstract
Background: Targeted and immune therapies have recently been associated with the occurrence of multiple cutaneous toxicities, often challenging to differentiate by clinical examination alone without histology. Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is a non-invasive and innovative imaging technique that has been shown to be almost as effective as histology in diagnosing several skin conditions. Our study aimed to assess the effectiveness of LC-OCT in predicting the clinical evolution of early maculopapular eruptions related to antineoplastic targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
Methods: In the period between May 2023 and December 2023, consecutive patients with clinical cutaneous maculopapular reactions caused by oncologic targeted therapy or immunotherapy were enrolled at the dermatologic outpatient clinic of the Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome. Patients underwent clinical dermatological examination, video-dermoscopy, LC-OCT, and incisional skin biopsy of a target cutaneous lesion. To investigate the evolutionary pattern of maculopapular lesions (psoriasic eruption, lichenoid eruption, eczematous eruption, bullous eruption), LC-OCT and histopathological images have been compared based on specific characteristics (hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, spongiosis; papillomatosis; lichenoid inflammatory infiltrate; presence of intraepidermal/subepidermal cleavage plan with formation of a bulla).
Results: Eighteen patients were included in this study (11 males, 7 females, median age 64.5). LC-OCT demonstrated an overall concordance with histology of 77.8%, with a Cohen's Kappa of 0.69 (P < 0.0001). Sensitivity exceeded 70%, and specificity was ≥88.2%. The Area Under the Curve (AUC) ranged from 0.9 to 1 for psoriasis and lichenoid eruption and from 0.7 to 0.9 for eczematous and bullous eruption.
Conclusions: LC-OCT appears to be a promising tool for the early differential diagnosis of adverse skin reactions related to targeted therapy and immunotherapy, offering the potential to avoid skin biopsies in fragile cancer patients.
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Published monthly, the International Journal of Dermatology is specifically designed to provide dermatologists around the world with a regular, up-to-date source of information on all aspects of the diagnosis and management of skin diseases. Accepted articles regularly cover clinical trials; education; morphology; pharmacology and therapeutics; case reports, and reviews. Additional features include tropical medical reports, news, correspondence, proceedings and transactions, and education.
The International Journal of Dermatology is guided by a distinguished, international editorial board and emphasizes a global approach to continuing medical education for physicians and other providers of health care with a specific interest in problems relating to the skin.