Table 1.
General characteristics on confocal laser endomicroscopy of 122 biopsy specimens from 47 cases.
| Final diagnosis | Cases | Biopsies | Biopsies per case, mean | Diagnosis on the basis of H&E staining (no. of biopsies) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBM | 19 | 52 | 2.7 | HGG (30); infiltrating glioma (12); reactive gliotic brain (5); normal brain (3); necrosis (1); inconclusive (1) |
| Recurrent GBM | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | HGG (11); infiltrating glioma (10); necrosis (1); reactive gliotic brain (1); inconclusive (1) |
| Infiltrating glioma | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | Infiltrating glioma (11); reactive gliotic brain (1); normal brain (1) |
| LGG | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | Infiltrating glioma (4); normal brain (4) |
| Metastasis | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Metastasis (8); reactive gliotic brain (1) |
| Meningioma | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | Meningioma (9) |
| Choroid plexus carcinoma | 1 | 4 | 4 | Choroid plexus carcinoma (4) |
| Craniopharyngioma | 1 | 1 | 1 | Craniopharyngioma (1) |
| Schwannoma | 1 | 1 | 1 | Schwannoma (1) |
| AVM | 1 | 1 | 1 | Reactive gliotic brain (1) |
AVM, arteriovenous malformation; GBM, glioblastoma multiforme; H&E, hematoxylin-eosin; HGG, high-grade glioma; LGG, low-grade glioma.