Value of autofluorescence bronchoscope in diagnosis of central type lung cancer / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the value of autofluorescence bronchoscope (AFB) in airway examination in central type lung cancer. Methods From Sep 2009 to Mar 2010 ,29 patients ( 23 men , 6 women , median age 62.2 years , range from 34 to 81 years) underwent AFB procedure. There were 3 lesions located at trachea, 1 at right main bronchus, 9 at right upper lobe, 1 at right median bronchus, 1 at right middle lobe, 4 at right lower lobe, 1 at left main bronchus, 9 at left upper lobe.There were 21 preliminary diagnostic cases and 8 postoperative surveillance cases. All procedure was performed under combination of local anaesthesia and general anaesthesia. All patients underwent white light bronchoscopy followed by AFB procedure.All of the suspicious abnormal sites were recorded and biopsied for pathological examination. Results All procedures were safely performed without death or serious complications. 100 specimens were obtained for pathologic examination. Malignant lesion was diagnosed in 39 and non-malignancy in61. All malignant sites were detected by AFB, however WLB missed 12 sites.The sensitivity of AFB and WLB for malignancy were 100% and 69.2%, respectively. In 21 preliminary diagnostic cases,AFB detected all malignancy sites, but WLB missed 23 sites, in which 9 were malignant sites. In 8 rechecked patients, AFB detected all malignancy sites, but WLB missed 7 sites, in which 3 were malignant sites. Conclusion Autofluorescence bronchoscopy could be more accurate in judging the extent of the tumor invasion, more sensitive in finding multiple lesions in airway, more sensitive in detecting early cancer recurrence in postoperative surveillance patients.