Confocal laser endomicroscopy to guide sampling of a pure ground-glass opacity

Thibault Viatgé; Thomas Villeneuve; Dominique D'Aure; Julien Mazières; Gavin Plat; Christophe Hermant; Nicolas Guibert

doi:10.1183/23120541.00910-2020

Confocal laser endomicroscopy to guide sampling of a pure ground-glass opacity

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Apr 6;7(2):00910-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00910-2020. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Thibault Viatgé^{1

2}, Thomas Villeneuve^{1

2}, Dominique D'Aure³, Julien Mazières¹, Gavin Plat¹, Christophe Hermant¹, Nicolas Guibert¹

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonology Dept, Larrey University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
² These authors contributed equally to this work.
³ Pathology Dept, Cancer University Institute of Toulouse, Oncopole, Toulouse, France.

Abstract

Confocal laser endomicroscopy imaging of lepidic adenocarcinomas is feasible. This technique should be further evaluated as a realtime guiding tool during virtual electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy for ground-glass opacities https://bit.ly/3uzTcMU.