1 INTRODUCTION
Leukoplakia is a macroscopic anatomical term for thick white or grey patches that can be associated with a variety of histological diagnoses ranging from hyperplasia to malignant transformation.1-4 Endoscopic (white light, WL) examination combined with stroboscopy is currently the «main-stream” approach for detecting and assessing vocal fold leukoplakia (VFL) or other vocal fold lesions.5-7 Andrea et al. described using contact endoscopy to examine the vocal folds and nasal mucosa in the 1990s.8,9
The goal of this study was to evaluate distinct vascular patterns in patients with VFL and glottis cancer using contact endoscopy (CE) and see if there were any correlations with histologic abnormalities in the mucosa of the vocal cord.