Oral lichen planus and other confounding factors in narrow band imaging (NBI) during routine inspection of oral cavity for early detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective pilot study

• Main Authors: Agostino Guida (Author), Mariagrazia Maglione (Author), Anna Crispo (Author), Francesco Perri (Author), Salvatore Villano (Author), Ettore Pavone (Author), Corrado Aversa (Author), Francesco Longo (Author), Florinda Feroce (Author), Gerardo Botti (Author), Franco Ionna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Narrow Band Imaging is a noninvasive optical diagnostic tool. It allows the visualization of sub-mucosal vasculature; four patterns of shapes of submucosal capillaries can be recognized, increasingly associated with neoplastic transformation. With such characteristics, it has sho...