S, m, l, xl.
S, m, l, xl.
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S、米、l、xl。
DOI:
10.1136/gut.52.1.5
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发表时间:
2003
期刊:
影响因子:
24.5
通讯作者:
Triadafilopoulos,G
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文献类型:
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作者:
Wang,T;Triadafilopoulos,G
Gut: first published as 10.1136/gut. 52.1. 5 on 1 January 2003. Downloaded from appearance on conventional endoscopy is indistinct from that of specialised intestinal metaplasia. Secondly, the distribution of dysplasia over the mucosal surface can be quite variable—that is, focal, patchy, or diffuse. Thus the method of surveillance must be sensitive over a wide area. Thirdly, dysplasia is a histopathological diagnosis that requires subcellular image resolution to visualise nuclear and perinuclear morphology. This level of detail cannot be achieved in practice by conventional imaging methods, such as ultrasound, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging. The best resolution so far has been obtained by optical methods, but these techniques have yet to achieve subcellular resolution in vivo. Fourthly, detection of dysplasia is frequently needed in the setting of an oesophagus that may contain erosions, strictures, and inflammation. Inflammatory changes in the mucosa may obscure methods sensitive to tissue biochemistry such as fluorescence. Fifthly, neosquamous epithelialisation of the oesophagus can occur after prolonged acid suppression or ablative injury and thus methods of surveillance must be able to identify Barrett’s metaplasia present below the new (squamous) mucosal surface. Finally, for practical purposes, screening must be performed in a time and cost efficient manner. This set of diagnostic requirements is quite rigorous and is unlikely to be satisfied by any single technique of surveillance. Moreover, because the identification of high grade dysplasia may result in an oesophagectomy for the patient, a conventional biopsy is desired for confirmation. Thus a new technique that serves as a guide for biopsy as an adjunct to conventional endoscopy is greatly needed.Since the early days of fibreoptic endoscopy, many techniques have been used to identify specific epithelia or to enhance mucosal surface characteristics. Magnification chromoendoscopy alone or combined with methylene blue or indigo carmine has been used to detect intestinal metaplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus since 1994 and characteristic patterns (villous, ridged) have since been described. Using an adjustable image magnification in a continuous range up to 35×(M), combined with 1.5% acetic acid instillation, Guelrud et al described four different mucosal surface patterns and a sensitivity for specialised intestinal metaplasia of up to 100% when the ridged pattern was noted. 5 Highly magnified images (80× at maximum, L) with or without methylene blue using a magnifying endoscope fitted with a transparent cap allowed Endo et al to classify the superficial mucosal appearance of Barrett’s epithelium by histological(gastric or intestinal) phenotypes. 6 In this issue of Gut, 7 magnification chromoendoscopy (115×, XL) is