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Contact Endoscopic Surface Vascular and Epithelial Morphology in Leukoplakia and Carcinoma of the Vocal Cords by Pavlos Pavlidis; Vasileios Spyridon Tseriotis; Christopher Matthias; Ioulia Katsikari; Aimilios Chatzinikolaou; Haralampos Gouveris is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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__Purpose__ Leukoplakia is a macroscopic morphological term for thick white or grey mucosal patches that can represent various histologic diagnostic entities ranging from hyperplasia to malignancy. Aim was the study morphology of the superficial mucosa and microvascular network of the vocal cords in patients with suspected glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) using contact endoscopy (CE). __Material and Methods__ Seventy-nine patients (21 female, 58 male), with a mean age of 57.5 years ± 7.12 (range, 32–73 years), were prospectively enrolled and evaluated. Of these patients, 58 had leukoplakia (Group A/41 males and 17 females, with a mean age of 53.7 years ± 6.65), and 21 (Group B/ 17males and 4 females/ with a mean age of 60.5 years ± 6.04) had malignant lesions (pT1, __n__ = 6; p T2, __n__ = 8; pT3, __n__ = 8; Group B), as proven by the results of the histological examination. Further, 79 non-smokers (control group—group C) were studied. CE imaging findings were classified into five types (I to V) based on the features of the mucosal intra-epithelial capillary loops. CE findings were correlated to the histologic findings. A separate analysis involving smoking status was done. __
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- Author
- Pavlos Pavlidis; Vasileios Spyridon Tseriotis; Christopher Matthias; Ioulia Katsikari; Aimilios Chatzinikolaou; Haralampos Gouveris
- Publisher
- Springer India
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)