Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma in a woman with metabolic syndrome.

Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma (AEGCG) is a rare granulomatous skin condition. It belongs to a group of skin and elastic fiber disorders. When it affects sun-exposed skin, it is also called actinic granuloma.

Perspectives on using laser fluorescence spectroscopy in chronological skin ageing assessment.

Introduction: Laser fluorescence spectroscopy (LFS) is a potential tool for diagnosing pathological skin processes such as fibrosis, hypoxia, and inflammation. This article describes the results of the non-invasive assessment of skin autofluorescence for animals of different ages.

Methods: The study was performed on outbred white male mice (n = 14).

Basal cell carcinoma invasion depth determined with 30 and 75 MHz high-frequency ultrasound and histopathology - a comparative study.

Aim: To compare the depth spread of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) measured by histological examination and high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) imaging with 30-MHz and 75-MHz probes.

Materials And Methods: HFUS skin imaging was used to examine 27 BCCs. A specialized high-resolution digital ultrasound imaging system DUB (TPM GmbH, Germany) with 75-MHz and 30-MHz probes was used.

Ultrasonographic features of superficial and nodular basal cell carcinoma.

Aim: To describe the ultrasonographic findings of surface and nodular basal cell skin cancer (BCC) using high frequency ultrasonography.

Materials And Methods: We examined 60 primary BCCs in different locations with the High Frequency Ultrasound (HFU) system DUB Skin Scanner using 75 MHz and 30 MHz probes. Epidermis, dermis, and depth of tumors spread in the region of interest (ROI) were measured.

Approaches to improve the predictive value of laser Doppler flowmetry in detection of microcirculation disorders in diabetes mellitus.

Background: Laser Doppler flowmetry is widely used in scientific studies of blood microcirculation but constrained in clinical use due to the low diagnostic significance.

Objective: This research is aimed at creation of approaches to prognostic value increase in detection of microcirculation disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: The study included 10 volunteers and 10 patients with t2DM.