Assessment of the Scalp Morphology by the Findings of Histological and High-Frequency Ultrasound Examination

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Diomidova V.N., Vlasova M.A., Skuratova N.P.

Assessment of the Scalp Morphology by the Findings of Histological and High-Frequency Ultrasound Examination

Keywords: skin, scalp, morphology, histological examination, high-frequency ultrasound

Human skin is a multifunctional large organ that occupies up to 16% of the human body weight. At any age, diseases of the scalp affect the quality of life. The problem of improving the quality of timely diagnosis and care for patients with scalp pathology using modern methods of morphological examination and ultrasound imaging remains relevant. The purpose of the review is to study the experience of using modern histomorphological and ultrasound technologies in assessing the microstructure of the scalp. The scientific publications included in the review were searched in the electronic databases eLibrary.RU, PubMed, EMBASE, etc. The scalp has certain anatomical features. The visual image of the scalp microstructure obtained during examination using a high-frequency ultrasonic sensor confirms the data of histomorphological analysis of the scalp structure. Its visual ultrasound image differs depending on the constituent cellular structural components of the scalp. Supplementing the histological assessment of the scalp morphology with noninvasive ultrasound examination using new technologies that improve visualization of small-caliber vessels of the dermis and the opportunity of assessing the stiffness of skin structures during elastography improves traditional diagnostic standards for the study of the scalp.

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Diomidova Valentina N.: Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases with a Course of Radiation Diagnostics, Chuvash State University; Head of the Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, City Clinical Hospital № 1, Russia, Cheboksary (diomidovavn@rambler.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-7971)

Vlasova Maria A.: Cosmetologist, MedEstet LLC, Russia, Nizhnevartovsk (vlasova.masha23@gmail.com; )

Skuratova Natalia P.: Post-Graduate Student, Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases with a Course of Radiation Diagnostics, Chuvash State University; Dermatovenerologist, Cosmetologist, Meditrina LLC, Russia, Cheboksary (skuratova.nataliya@yandex.ru; )

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