The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: The COVID-19 pandemic has globally affected health systems and services. Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are the most common malignancies around the world. This study aimed to analyze the differences in the benign and malignant histopathological diagno...
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| author | Iuliu-Gabriel Cocuz Maria-Elena Cocuz Raluca Niculescu Mihaela Cornelia Șincu Andreea Cătălina Tinca Adrian-Horațiu Sabău Diana Maria Chiorean Silviu Horia Morariu Ovidiu Simion Cotoi |
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: The COVID-19 pandemic has globally affected health systems and services. Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are the most common malignancies around the world. This study aimed to analyze the differences in the benign and malignant histopathological diagnoses performed on radical excision skin tumors and skin biopsies in the dermatopathology ward in Mures Clinical County Hospital, Targu Mures, Romania, 1 year prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, to emphasize the changes in the diagnostic process as per the new regulations. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> A total of 1168 histopathological diagnoses were included in the study—302 from the COVID-19 period and 866 from the non-COVID-19 period—considering the number, type, and frequency of the histopathological diagnoses as variables to be analyzed. <i>Results</i>: In the COVID-19 period, out of the 55 NMSC and melanoma histopathological diagnoses, 50.9% (<i>n</i> = 28) were BCCs, 20% (<i>n</i> = 11) were SCCs, 10.9% (<i>n</i> = 6) were basosquamous cell carcinomas, and 18.18% (<i>n</i> = 10) were melanoma cases. Regarding the non-COVID-19 period, out of the 173 NMSC and melanoma histopathological diagnoses, 46.82% (<i>n</i> = 81) were BCCs, 22.54% (<i>n</i> = 39) were SCCs, 7.51% (<i>n</i> = 13) were basosquamous cell carcinomas, and 23.12% (<i>n</i> = 40) were melanoma cases. <i>Conclusions:</i> During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in histopathological diagnoses at the dermatopathology ward in our hospital was observed, for both benign and malignant pathologies, especially for NMSCs and melanomas, compared to the same period 1 year prior to the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-295cc205f9e24676aeead6a20d8fcc962023-11-21T21:33:35ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442021-05-0157653310.3390/medicina57060533The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in RomaniaIuliu-Gabriel Cocuz0Maria-Elena Cocuz1Raluca Niculescu2Mihaela Cornelia Șincu3Andreea Cătălina Tinca4Adrian-Horațiu Sabău5Diana Maria Chiorean6Silviu Horia Morariu7Ovidiu Simion Cotoi8Doctoral School of Medicine and Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, RomaniaFundamental Prophylactic and Clinical Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500003 Brașov, RomaniaDoctoral School of Medicine and Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, RomaniaDoctoral School of Medicine and Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, RomaniaDoctoral School of Medicine and Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, RomaniaDoctoral School of Medicine and Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, RomaniaPathology Department, Mures Clinical County Hospital, 540011 Targu Mures, RomaniaDermatology Department, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, RomaniaPathology Department, Mures Clinical County Hospital, 540011 Targu Mures, Romania<i>Background and Objectives</i>: The COVID-19 pandemic has globally affected health systems and services. Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are the most common malignancies around the world. This study aimed to analyze the differences in the benign and malignant histopathological diagnoses performed on radical excision skin tumors and skin biopsies in the dermatopathology ward in Mures Clinical County Hospital, Targu Mures, Romania, 1 year prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, to emphasize the changes in the diagnostic process as per the new regulations. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> A total of 1168 histopathological diagnoses were included in the study—302 from the COVID-19 period and 866 from the non-COVID-19 period—considering the number, type, and frequency of the histopathological diagnoses as variables to be analyzed. <i>Results</i>: In the COVID-19 period, out of the 55 NMSC and melanoma histopathological diagnoses, 50.9% (<i>n</i> = 28) were BCCs, 20% (<i>n</i> = 11) were SCCs, 10.9% (<i>n</i> = 6) were basosquamous cell carcinomas, and 18.18% (<i>n</i> = 10) were melanoma cases. Regarding the non-COVID-19 period, out of the 173 NMSC and melanoma histopathological diagnoses, 46.82% (<i>n</i> = 81) were BCCs, 22.54% (<i>n</i> = 39) were SCCs, 7.51% (<i>n</i> = 13) were basosquamous cell carcinomas, and 23.12% (<i>n</i> = 40) were melanoma cases. <i>Conclusions:</i> During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in histopathological diagnoses at the dermatopathology ward in our hospital was observed, for both benign and malignant pathologies, especially for NMSCs and melanomas, compared to the same period 1 year prior to the pandemic.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/6/533COVID-19 pandemicnon-melanocytic cancershistopathology |
| spellingShingle | Iuliu-Gabriel Cocuz Maria-Elena Cocuz Raluca Niculescu Mihaela Cornelia Șincu Andreea Cătălina Tinca Adrian-Horațiu Sabău Diana Maria Chiorean Silviu Horia Morariu Ovidiu Simion Cotoi The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania Medicina COVID-19 pandemic non-melanocytic cancers histopathology |
| title | The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania |
| title_full | The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania |
| title_short | The Impact of and Adaptations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Skin Pathologies, Including Non-Melanocyte and Melanoma Skin Cancers—A Single-Center Study in Romania |
| title_sort | impact of and adaptations due to the covid 19 pandemic on the histopathological diagnosis of skin pathologies including non melanocyte and melanoma skin cancers a single center study in romania |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic non-melanocytic cancers histopathology |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/6/533 |
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