Bronchoscopic observation with linked colour imaging

Abstract

We report two cases of the comparison of diagnosis made with linked color imaging (LCI) and conventional white‐light imaging (WLI) on the same patients. In case 1, a 75‐year‐old man in whom right upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection was performed due to lung cancer had signs of bronchitis on postoperative day 8. The LCI demonstrated slight inflammatory changes that were not detectable with the conventional WLI on the tracheal wall. In case 2, in a 61‐year‐old woman who was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, the bronchial wall was checked to confirm the extent of the tumour. The submucosal vascularity and tumour margin on the bronchial mucosa were better visible on LCI than on WLI. We could easily detect the mucosal inflammatory lesion and the malignant lesion with LCI in comparison with conventional WLI. Both mucosal inflammatory and malignant lesions were better visible with LCI in comparison to WLI.

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“…BLI has higher emission intensity at short wavelengths and is more suitable in the diagnosis of intrapapillary capillary loops in such areas than LCI 9 . However, LCI findings do not reflect the pathological differences because they show just submucosal colour changes 10 . As mentioned in the case, we have used all novel image‐enhancement technology mode to further evaluate the mass.…”

“… 9 However, LCI findings do not reflect the pathological differences because they show just submucosal colour changes. 10 As mentioned in the case, we have used all novel image‐enhancement technology mode to further evaluate the mass.…”