Journal Reviews

Evidence for diagnostic role of narrow band imaging in the outpatient setting for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

1 November 2017 | | chronic laryngitis, dysplasia, endoscopy, head and neck cancer, narrow band imaging, premalignant lesions, squamous cell carcinoma

Narrow band imaging (NBI) uses light in the blue and green spectrum to differentiate areas of carcinoma from normal or inflammatory tissue. This tertiary referral head and neck unit in Spain used white light endoscopy as initial screening for all...

Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia; which one is this one?

1 March 2015 | | Head and Neck | lichen planus, oral leukoplakia, squamous dysplasia, squamous tumorigenesis, verrucous hyperplasia

Oral leukoplakia has the potential for malignant change and it may frequently require histological analysis and a period of regular clinical observation. The majority of oral leukoplakia remains constant but there is a subset that progress to carcinoma. The authors...