Table 1 Comparison between diagnostic outcome of FCM images and conventional histology
From: Ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy: chances and changes in the analysis of breast tissue
Case Number | Tissue | Tumor diagnosis Vivascope | Tumor diagnosis Histology | Resection margins Vivascope | Resection margins Histology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Surgical specimen | No tumor | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | No tumor |
2 | Surgical specimen | No tumor | No tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor | No tumor |
3 | Surgical specimen | No tumor | No tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor | No tumor |
4 | Surgical specimen | No tumor, adipose tissue | No tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor | No tumor |
5 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor |
6 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma (fragmented) | Invasive carcinoma (Out of focus) | Ill-defined, no tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor |
7 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | DCIS |
8 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor |
9 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | DCIS |
10 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor |
11 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, invasive Ca | No tumor |
12 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor |
13 | Surgical specimen | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | Ill-defined, no tumor | Ill-defined, no tumor |
14 | biopsy | No tumor | DCIS | n.a | n.a |
15 | biopsy | No tumor, intraductal proliferation | Ductal proliferation | n.a | n.a |
16 | biopsy | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | n.a | n.a |
17 | biopsy | Invasive carcinoma | Invasive carcinoma | n.a | n.a |