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Diagnosis of Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus using Vital-dye Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging
Published on: May 11, 2014
[Histologic occurrence of Barrett's carcinoma]
1First Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
Abstract:
It is generally agreed that the diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus is justified when the columnar epithelium 3 cm or more from the E-C junction is involved. Microscopically, the epithelium has three distinct appearances: (1) gastric fundic type; (2) junctional type: and (3) specialized columnar type. In mucin histochemistry in 6 cases of Barrett's carcinoma, 5 cases of Barrett's esophagus were positive for HID-AB. Four cases of Barrett's carcinoma were also positive. These results suggest that Barrett's carcinoma developed from the specialized columnar type of Barrett's esophagus.
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