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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Cutan Pathol. 2016 Apr 8;43(6):505–515. doi: 10.1111/cup.12708

Table 3.

Correlation of RCM parameters with histopathologic features

RCM and histopathology findings Incidence
Agreement (%) Kappa* p-value
Histopathology; n (%) RCM; n (%)
Epidermal lymphocytes 28 (97) 29 (100) 97 0.90
Melanophages in dermis 5 (17) 7 (24) 86 0.58 0.007
Pautrier collections 17 (59) 22 (76) 69 0.32 0.03
DEJ lymphocytes 23 (79) 20 (69) 62 0.24
Perivascular infiltrate 19 (66) 8 (28) 55 0.21 0.05
Dermal lymphocytes 4 (14) 11 (38) 61 0.16 0.14
Perifollicular infiltrate 3 (10) 5 (17) 79 0.14 0.21
Blood vessel dilation 18 (62) 26 (90) 66 0.15 0.14

DEJ, Dermal-epidermal junction; RCM, Reflectance confocal microscopy.

*

Overall agreement is κ = 0.41, p < 0.001.

Prevalence and bias-adjusted kappa (PABAK), p-value is not reported.