Autofluorescence and White Light Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Endobronchial Malignant Lesions.

Background: Autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) allows a more sensitive approach to the diagnosis of premalignant and malignant endobronchial lesions than white light bronchoscopy (WLB) can do.

Aim: To assess the autofluorescence bronchoscopy and white light bronchoscopy in diagnosing malignant endobronchial lesions.

Materials And Methods: The design of the study is a retrospective case-control study.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Three Cases of Bronchial Carcinoma In Situ.

As part of a retrospective study on bronchoscopies performed at the Clinic of Pneumonology and Phthisiatry of the University Hospital - Pleven by autofluorescence bronchoscopy we found 3 cases diagnosed with carcinoma in situ. They were treated in different ways - endobronchial electrocoagulation, extraction by forceps biopsy and open surgery, but the result was the same - clinical healing. The paper presents the three clinical cases and the analysis of the treatment.