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Seven Years’ Experience with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in Detection of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 69; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.urology.2006.10.015

1527-9995

Edwin Hungerhuber, Herbert Stepp, M. Kriegmair, Christian G. Stief, A. Hofstetter, Arndt Hartmann, Ruth Knuechel, Alexander Karl, Stefan Tritschler, Dirk Zaak,

Urinary Tract Infections Management

Objectives Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) using 5-aminolevulinic acid has proved to be a procedure with an outstanding sensitivity for the detection of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, in particular in the detection of flat urothelial lesions. We report on our clinical results with 875 patients (1713 PDD procedures) between March 1995 and March 2002. Methods A total of 1713 PDD procedures were done in 875 patients. Fluorescence imaging was performed 2 to 3 hours after instillation of 50 mL of a 3% solution of 5-aminolevulinic acid into the bladder by an incoherent light source. In total, specimens from 4630 lesions (2.7 lesions/PDD) were taken. Results In 34.8% of all biopsies, the histologic finding was malignant; 23.7% of these biopsies had been taken only because of positive fluorescence. In 28.5% of the positive biopsies, flat lesions had been identified. Also, 43.4% of carcinoma in situ and 30.7% of dysplasia II° were detected only by positive fluorescence. Of all tumor lesions, 92.0% were detected by PDD compared with 76.3% detected by white light endoscopy. Conclusions PDD has proved to be an effective detection device for superficial bladder cancer. Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) using 5-aminolevulinic acid has proved to be a procedure with an outstanding sensitivity for the detection of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, in particular in the detection of flat urothelial lesions. We report on our clinical results with 875 patients (1713 PDD procedures) between March 1995 and March 2002. A total of 1713 PDD procedures were done in 875 patients. Fluorescence imaging was performed 2 to 3 hours after instillation of 50 mL of a 3% solution of 5-aminolevulinic acid into the bladder by an incoherent light source. In total, specimens from 4630 lesions (2.7 lesions/PDD) were taken. In 34.8% of all biopsies, the histologic finding was malignant; 23.7% of these biopsies had been taken only because of positive fluorescence. In 28.5% of the positive biopsies, flat lesions had been identified. Also, 43.4% of carcinoma in situ and 30.7% of dysplasia II° were detected only by positive fluorescence. Of all tumor lesions, 92.0% were detected by PDD compared with 76.3% detected by white light endoscopy. PDD has proved to be an effective detection device for superficial bladder cancer.