title: [Photodynamic diagnosis of urothelial neoplasms after intravesicular instillation of 5-aminolevulinic acid].
abstract: Following transurethral resection of bladder cancer, the fate of patients is clearly related to the presence or absence of precancerous or malignant lesions in the remaining mucosa. We report on a new procedure for in situ diagnosis of these flat, hardly visible urothelial lesions. The method is based on tumor-selective accumulation of endogenous protoporphyrin IX following intravesical instillation of 5-aminolevulinic acid. On excitation with violet light even tiny papillary tumors, dysplastic lesions and carcinoma in situ are bright fluorescing red. In 15 patients 26 neoplastic lesions had been diagnosed only by protoporphyrin IX fluorescence. False-negative results have not yet been observed. In 84% of 285 evaluable specimens the fluorescence findings corresponded correctly with the microscopic findings. It is expected that photodynamic diagnosis will become a matter of routine in detection of bladder cancer.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Universität München.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriegmair
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knüchel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehsan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steinbach
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lumper
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hofstädter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
mesh_terms: D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020684:Cystoscopes; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000378:metabolism; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D011524:Protoporphyrins; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid; C028025:protoporphyrin IX
vernacular_title: Photodynamische Diagnose urothelialer Neoplasien nach intravesikaler Instillation von 5-Aminolävulinsäure.