Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Imaging of Endobronchial Hamartomas | Zendy

Hanaa Shafiek | Zendy; Cristina Gómez | Zendy; Javier Piérola | Zendy; Jaume Sauleda | Zendy; Borja G. Cosío | Zendy

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Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Imaging of Endobronchial Hamartomas

Author(s) -

Hanaa Shafiek,

Cristina Gómez,

Javier Piérola,

Jaume Sauleda,

Borja G. Cosío

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000368085

Subject(s) - medicine , endomicroscopy , bronchoscopy , diathermy , confocal , radiology , pathology , hamartoma , biopsy , flexible bronchoscopy , endoscopy , bronchus , respiratory disease , lung , surgery , mathematics , geometry

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a new technique that can microscopically image the airways in vivo during ordinary flexible bronchoscope procedures. pCLE can visualize the basement membrane of the bronchial epithelium, allowing the study of the different changes in benign or malignant/premalignant bronchial lesions. We present 2 cases of pathology-proven endobronchial hamartoma diagnosed by biopsy which show characteristic images under pCLE examination. The tumor was removed in both cases by rigid bronchoscopy using a diathermy loop and a cryoprobe.

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