Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review
High-frequency ultrasonography (HF-USG) is a relatively new imaging method that allows the evaluation in a non-invasive manner of the skin layers and skin appendages. It is a diagnostic tool with increasing usefulness in numerous dermatological pathologies. High reproducibility, non-invasiveness and...
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author | Alin Codrut Nicolescu Sinziana Ionescu Ioan Ancuta Valentin-Tudor Popa Mihai Lupu Cristina Soare Elena-Codruta Cozma Vlad-Mihai Voiculescu |
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description | High-frequency ultrasonography (HF-USG) is a relatively new imaging method that allows the evaluation in a non-invasive manner of the skin layers and skin appendages. It is a diagnostic tool with increasing usefulness in numerous dermatological pathologies. High reproducibility, non-invasiveness and short diagnostic time make this method an increasingly used tool in dermatological practice. The subepidermal low-echogenic band is a relatively newly described parameter that seems to be a marker not only of intrinsic and extrinsic skin aging, but also of inflammatory processes taking place at the skin level. This systematic review aims to evaluate the role that SLEB has in the diagnosis and monitoring of the treatment of some inflammatory and non-inflammatory dermatological conditions, as well as its utility as a disease marker. |
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spelling | doaj.art-c8b4c24f4c29457e994314e2be1c638d2023-11-17T07:30:40ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182023-03-0113597010.3390/diagnostics13050970Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic ReviewAlin Codrut Nicolescu0Sinziana Ionescu1Ioan Ancuta2Valentin-Tudor Popa3Mihai Lupu4Cristina Soare5Elena-Codruta Cozma6Vlad-Mihai Voiculescu7“Agrippa Ionescu” Emergency Clinical Hospital, 011773 Bucharest, RomaniaSurgery Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, RomaniaSurgery Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, RomaniaDermatology Department, Center for Morphologic Study of the Skin MORPHODERM, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, RomaniaDepartment of Dermatology, MEDAS Medical Center, 030447 Bucharest, RomaniaSurgery Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, RomaniaDermatology Department, Elias University Emergency Hospital, 011461 Bucharest, RomaniaSurgery Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, RomaniaHigh-frequency ultrasonography (HF-USG) is a relatively new imaging method that allows the evaluation in a non-invasive manner of the skin layers and skin appendages. It is a diagnostic tool with increasing usefulness in numerous dermatological pathologies. High reproducibility, non-invasiveness and short diagnostic time make this method an increasingly used tool in dermatological practice. The subepidermal low-echogenic band is a relatively newly described parameter that seems to be a marker not only of intrinsic and extrinsic skin aging, but also of inflammatory processes taking place at the skin level. This systematic review aims to evaluate the role that SLEB has in the diagnosis and monitoring of the treatment of some inflammatory and non-inflammatory dermatological conditions, as well as its utility as a disease marker.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/5/970high-frequency ultrasonographysub-epidermal low-echogenic bandechogenicitynon-invasive diagnosisatopic dermatitis |
spellingShingle | Alin Codrut Nicolescu Sinziana Ionescu Ioan Ancuta Valentin-Tudor Popa Mihai Lupu Cristina Soare Elena-Codruta Cozma Vlad-Mihai Voiculescu Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review Diagnostics high-frequency ultrasonography sub-epidermal low-echogenic band echogenicity non-invasive diagnosis atopic dermatitis |
title | Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Subepidermal Low-Echogenic Band—Its Utility in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | subepidermal low echogenic band its utility in clinical practice a systematic review |
topic | high-frequency ultrasonography sub-epidermal low-echogenic band echogenicity non-invasive diagnosis atopic dermatitis |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/5/970 |
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