Evaluation Of Laryngeal Vascular Changes With Image1 S Enhancement
System In Reference To The European Laryngological Society Guideline
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the feasibility of using Image1 S™ endoscopic
enhancement system for discrimination of the vascular patterns in
laryngeal lesions. Design: Forty patients presenting with benign,
dysplastic and malign laryngeal lesions were examined with Image1 S
system. The vascular patterns were classified by a group of the authors/
according to the ELS guideline, as perpendicular or longitudinal, in all
lesions. Endoscopic images of the vascular patterns are evaluated
through an online survey by a group of otolaryngologists with different
levels of clinical expertise. The qualitative evaluation of the vascular
patterns in two groups were compared to investigate the consistency. The
relationship between the vascular patterns and the pathological results
was statistically analyzed. Results: Eleven patient presented with
benign, 13 patients with dysplastic and 16 patients with malignant
pathology. The vascular patterns were longitudinal in 9 lesions,
perpendicular in 28 lesions and undetectable in 3 lesions. The relevance
between the vascularization pattern and the pathological diagnosis was
found to be significant (χ2= 20.30, p < 0,001). The
qualitative evaluation of the vascular patterns by the two groups of
observers was significantly close to each other (=0.63). The survey also
showed that spectral modes producing high contrast images were preferred
by 81,9% of the participants over white light images. Conclusion: This
study demonstrated the usefulness and feasibility of Image1 S endoscopic
enhancement system to predict the diagnosis from vascular changes in
laryngeal lesions.