2280-2281 / 2351
NARROW BAND IMAGING
SAKAI ET AL REPORTED A DETECTION RATE OF TX
IMPROVED FROM 40%
BY WL ENDOSCOPY IN A
CONVENTIONAL STRAIGHT HEAD POSITION
TO 71%
BY NBI WITH ADJUNCTIVE MANOEUVRES (HEAD
TORSION, KILLIAN POSITION AND VALSALVA)
PATTERN NBI +
BASE OF THE TONGUE
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
RIGHT N1 LEV II-III
HAYASHI ET AL. WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
16 PRIMARY CANCERS
(10 IN THE HYPOPHARYNX AND 6 IN THE
OROPHARYNX) BY
NBI ALONE
IN 46 PATIENTS WITH TX PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED BY CT, MRI, PET,
LARYNGOSCOPY, AND GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
Hayashi T et al., Jpn J Clin Oncol 2010
Sakai A et al., Laryngoscope 2010
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR
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