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HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
Volume 34, Issue 11, Pages 1574-1579Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21964
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endoscopy; epithelium; head and neck; narrow-band imaging (NBI); screening
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Background The purpose of this study was to show the investigated prevalence rate of brownish spots of early cancer under narrow band imaging (NBI) in different sites/types of the epithelium. Methods In all, 125 adults with early mucosal cancer underwent NBI examination. Four types of epithelium were categorized: keratinized thick stratified squamous (type 1), nonkeratinized thin (type 2a) or very thick (type 2b) stratified squamous, and pseudo-stratified ciliated columnar epithelium (type 3). Results The prevalence rate of brownish spots in early cancer of the nasopharynx, oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and epiglottis were 11.1%, 15.9%, 21.4%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. Type 2a epithelium (odds ratio [OR], 76.45; 95% confidence interval [CI], 9.26631.14) was a significant predictive factor for the brownish spots. Conclusion The brownish spots have higher reliability for screening in early cancer of the mouth floor, hypopharynx, and epiglottis, but not in other mucosal sites. Mucosal sites with type 2a epithelium have a higher tendency of demonstrating brownish spots. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2012
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