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[Fluorescent light cystoscopy (author's transl)]. 1981

G Vallancien

A number of tumours of the bladder can be detected at an early stage by cystoscopy under fluorescent light. Intravenous injection of fluorescein is a simple rapid and harmless way of guiding systematic bladder biopsy during initial resection or subsequent control examinations.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007275	Injections, Intravenous	Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes.	Intravenous Injections,Injection, Intravenous,Intravenous Injection
D001749	Urinary Bladder Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the URINARY BLADDER.	Bladder Cancer,Bladder Neoplasms,Cancer of Bladder,Bladder Tumors,Cancer of the Bladder,Malignant Tumor of Urinary Bladder,Neoplasms, Bladder,Urinary Bladder Cancer,Bladder Cancers,Bladder Neoplasm,Bladder Tumor,Cancer, Bladder,Cancer, Urinary Bladder,Neoplasm, Bladder,Neoplasm, Urinary Bladder,Tumor, Bladder,Tumors, Bladder,Urinary Bladder Neoplasm
D003558	Cystoscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the urinary bladder.	Cystoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Cystoscopic,Cystoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Cystoscopic,Cystoscopic Surgeries,Cystoscopic Surgical Procedure,Cystoscopies,Procedure, Cystoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Cystoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Cystoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Cystoscopic
D005452	Fluoresceins	A family of spiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen)-3-one derivatives. These are used as dyes, as indicators for various metals, and as fluorescent labels in immunoassays.	Tetraiodofluorescein
D005453	Fluorescence	The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man