Cyanoacrylate Skin Surface Stripping and the 3S-Biokit Advent in Tropical Dermatology: A Look from Liège

In the dermatopathology field, some simple available laboratory tests require minimum equipment for establishing a diagnosis. Among them, the cyanoacrylate skin surface stripping (CSSS), formerly named skin surface biopsy or follicular biopsy, represents a convenient low cost procedure. It is a mini...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-13
Main Authors: Radermacher, Jean, Hermanns-Lê, Trinh, Paquet, Philippe, Piérard-Franchimont, Claudine, Piérard, Gérald E., Delvenne, Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Chemexfoliation - methods
Cyanoacrylates - therapeutic use
Dermatologic Agents - therapeutic use
Dermatology
Dermatology - methods
Hospitals
Humans
Infections
Laboratories
Laboratory tests
Potassium
Review
Skin
Skin - drug effects
Skin - pathology
Skin diseases
Skin Diseases - pathology
Skin Diseases - therapy
Tropical diseases
Tropical Medicine - methods
Viral infections
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Summary:In the dermatopathology field, some simple available laboratory tests require minimum equipment for establishing a diagnosis. Among them, the cyanoacrylate skin surface stripping (CSSS), formerly named skin surface biopsy or follicular biopsy, represents a convenient low cost procedure. It is a minimally invasive method collecting a continuous sheet of stratum corneum and horny follicular casts. In the vast majority of cases, it is painless and is unassociated with adverse events. CSSS can be performed in subjects of any age. The method has a number of applications in diagnostic dermatopathology and cosmetology, as well as in experimental dermatology settings. A series of derived analytic procedures include xerosis grading, comedometry, corneofungimetry, corneodynamics of stratum corneum renewal, corneomelametry, corneosurfametry, and corneoxenometry.
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2014/462634