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. 2012 Oct 5;38(12):1945–1950. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02587.x

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Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) images of the margin of a lesion. (A) Clinical image of a superficial basal cell carcinoma on the cheek of a 52-year-old woman. (B) RCM images of nonlesional skin showed the normal ring structures. (C) RCM images of lesional skin showed the tumor island. (D) RCM mosaic image of the margin. The left side of the image showed the tumor island, and the right side showed the normal ring structures. (E) Biopsies of the margins detected using RCM confirmed the result.