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Blue light spots tiny endometriosis lesions. (Investigational Device).
NEW ORLEANS -- Endometriosis lesions preferentially absorb light of the blue spectrum, allowing detection of previously nonidentifiable microscopic lesions, Dr. Larry A. Demco reported.
The findings, from an ongoing study of more than 60 women with endometriosis, could have implications for earlier and more thorough treatment of the condition, he reported at an international congress sponsored by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
The laparoscopic spectral analysis of endometriosis involves the use of a specially adapted xenon light source, which is still under investigation and not yet available in the United States. The light source was used to deliver the blue light concurrently with the white light normally used to detect endometriosis.
A laparoscope was coupled to the light source. Next, lesions detected by both the white and blue light were compared, and biopsies of the lesions and satellite lesions were taken to confirm pathology, explained Dr. Demco of the University of ...
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