Late Breaking Abstract - Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) As A Tool In Lung Cancer Diagnosis In Ecuador

Conclusions: The pCLE is a useful tool that allows to identify in real time areas suggestive of malignancy, serving as a guide for biopsies in bronchoscopy, thus optimizing the histological diagnosis of patients with lung tumors.Patientsn=24Age, years 64.3 (8.3) Gender, male 19 Bronchoscopic findings -Extrinsic compresion -Mixed -Normal 16 6 2 Histopatological findings -Adenocarcinoma -Squamous carcinoma -Small Cell Lung Cancer -Endobronchial Melanoma 10 6 2 1
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Lung cancer Source Type: research