This is a prospective study including patients ( ≥ 18 years) referred for surgical treatment of primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Rigshospitalet. After written and informed consent, patients will undergo standard surgical excision, followed by ex vivo 3D ultrasonography of the specimen using a 3Sonic device connected to a high-frequency ultrasound machine. This will create 3D ultrasound tomographic scans which will be interpreted by one investigator blinded to histopathology. The investigated outcomes will primarily be the deep margin distance. This will be compared to histopathology, where a pathologist - blinded to the ultrasonography results - will slice the entire specimen parallel to the ultrasound images. A third investigator will then match the histopathology images to the ultrasound images for correlation of the measured deep margins.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Surgical specimens scanned with 3D ultrasonography
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
RECRUITINGDeep margin distance
The minimum deep margins in each ultrasound or histopathology tumor slide measured in millimeters from the deepest tumor border to the closest deep border of the healthy tissue (if present).
Time frame: Within 10-14 days from enrollment
Depth of invasion
Distance perpendicular to the granular layer of the epidermis of the specimen to the deepest point of tumor invasion, measured in millimeters.
Time frame: Within 10-14 days from enrollment
Tumor size in 3 dimensions measured in mm with ultrasound and histopathology
Time frame: Within 10-14 days from enrollment
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