Sensitivity and specificity of stroboscopy in preoperative differentiation of dysplasia from early invasive glottic carcinoma

Leukoplakia is a descriptive clinical term designating a white patch or plaque of the mucosa and must be complemented by histology, which can range from simple totally benign keratosis with or without atypia up to invasive carcinoma. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of videostrobosc...

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Published in:European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 2015-05, Vol.272 (5), p.1189-1193
Main Authors: El-Demerdash, A., Fawaz, S. A., Sabri, S. M., Sweed, Ahmed, Rabie, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma - surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Glottis - pathology
Glottis - surgery
Head and Neck Surgery
Humans
Hyperplasia - diagnosis
Laryngeal Neoplasms - pathology
Laryngeal Neoplasms - surgery
Laryngology
Leukoplakia - diagnosis
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neurosurgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Patient Selection
Precancerous Conditions
Predictive Value of Tests
Preoperative Care
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stroboscopy - methods
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Summary:Leukoplakia is a descriptive clinical term designating a white patch or plaque of the mucosa and must be complemented by histology, which can range from simple totally benign keratosis with or without atypia up to invasive carcinoma. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of videostroboscopy in preoperative differentiation of early invasive glottic carcinoma from intraepithelial atypia and dysplasia. 46 patients with a total of 60 leukoplakia lesions on the vocal folds were included in the study. Videostroboscopy was used to divide them into two groups based on preservation of the mucosal wave and this was correlated with the final pathology after treatment. The sensitivity and specificity of videostroboscopy in predicting invasive nature of the lesions based on absence or reduction of the mucosal wave were 96.8 and 92.8 %, respectively, with an overall accuracy of 95 %. We suggest that routine application of videostroboscopy can be an important, simple, non-invasive tool, to achieve, in a single procedure, proper and accurate evaluation of glottic leukoplakia.
ISSN:0937-4477
1434-4726
DOI:10.1007/s00405-015-3530-z