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ArticleOncotarget2017

Diagnosis of nonexophytic nasopharyngeal lesion with endoscopy-guided core needle biopsy after narrow band imaging.

Min Li, Shenhong Qu, Yangda Qin, Jinlong Lu, Shuilian Yu, Guiping Lan, Jingjin Wen, Yong Yang, Yongfeng Si

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Min Li *Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Shenhong Qu *Department of Otolaryngology, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Yangda QinDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Jinlong LuDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Shuilian YuDepartment of Radiology, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Guiping LanDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Jingjin WenDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Yong YangDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
Yongfeng SiDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China.
The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDue to the obstruction of the surrounding structures or stiff mucosa, the primary and recurrent nonexophytic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NE-NPC) patients are difficult to be diagnosed histologically by traditional forceps biopsy.

resultsAll the 15 cases had adequate biopsy for histological diagnosis. There were 5 cases of primary and 7 cases of recurrent NE-NPC, and 3 cases of inflammatory lesion. The histopathological diagnosis was consistent with the follow-up visit. The bleeding quantity during the CNB procedure ranged from 1 to 5 ml (mean 1.93 mL). The pain score during CNB were between 2 and 7 (mean 4.20). There were no serious complications. MATERIALS AND

methodsFrom April 2009 to March 2016, after conventional white-light and novel narrow-band imaging, nasal endoscope-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) were performed on 15 cases of nonexophytic nasopharyngeal lesion with a semiautomatic biopsy gun.

conclusionsCNB is able to get adequate biopsy specimens and thus the diagnosis accuracy of CNB is high for NE-NPC. Nasal endoscope-guided CNB is the direct approach with a short distance in the tissue before reaching the tumor. It has the advantages of minimal trauma, short operative time, and no serious complications. It is simple, safe, and worth of application in clinic.

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core needle biopsydiagnosisendoscopynarrow band imagingnonexophytic nasopharyngeal neoplasms

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